[Footnote 36: Val-drosar (_orig._), the Goddesses of Fate, or
Valkyriæ, to whom armour was supposed sacred.]

[Footnote 37: _i.e._, Tribute--Ringa elldingom, (_orig._), bright
rings: _Ringa_ signify not only rings, or bracelets, but also money;
for before the introduction of coinage into the North, very thick
spiral gold wires were worn round the wrists of great men, who
distributed bits to those who performed any signal service; and such a
wire is still to be seen in the Royal Museum at Copenhagen. It is not
always easy to discern when by _ringa_ is understood ornaments for the
fingers, bracelets, rings of investiture, or the current money of the
times.]

[Footnote 38: _i.e._, the islet, a monastery near Bergen.]

[Footnote 39: Afterwards chancellor of Norway.]

[Footnote 40: Probably the son of Dugal, the son of Somerled.]

[Footnote 41: The father of King Dugal was Rory, I suppose. See notes
on pages 34 and 42.]

[Footnote 42: Nephew to Sturla author of the Ravens-ode. He attended
Haco in this expedition.]

[Footnote 43: _i.e._ ships.]

[Footnote 44: _i.e._ sails.]