[Footnote 9: Jarlin af Ros ok Kiarnakr son Makamals (_orig._). The
text here is much vitiated. The author might have read in some Irish
accounts, Jarl na Ross (William) McKerchar, McCalom, _i.e._, the Earl
of Ross (William) the son of Ferchard, the son of Malcolm. This
William Mac Erchart was a young Hero, and is corruptly called
Macentagart by the Scottish historians. Or perhaps, three persons may
be alluded to, viz., the Earl of Ross, Kinneach-son (of Kintail), and
a MacCamal of Lochaw, all powerful chieftains on the west coast of
Scotland. It is, however, not impossible that Kiarnak was some ancient
chieftain from whom a branch of the Grants was called Clan-Chiarnach.
The Fl. Ms. for Makamals reads Machamals.]

[Footnote 10: I Skid (_orig._). In the Fl. Ms. ístrid e. to war.]

[Footnote 11: The inhuman practice here described was common in those
times. From the Landnamaboc we learn that Olver first discouraged this
custom. We read, Olver did not permit tossing infants from spear to
spear as was usual among pirates, and was therefore surnamed
Barna-kall or the protector of Infants.]

[Footnote 12: Jol (_orig._). The great brumal festival among the
Scandinavians. Hence the Scotch word Yule, _i.e._, Christmas.]

[Footnote 13: Nid-ar-os (_orig._), _i.e._, the mouth of the river Nid,
now Drontheim.]

[Footnote 14: Vikor (_orig._), now Bahus in Sweden.]

[Footnote 15: Elfa, the river at Gottenburg.]