Orkney and Shetland Folk 872-1350

Chapter 9: Transcriber's Note

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A survey examines the population and cultural mixing of Orkney and Shetland from the establishment of Norse rule through the mid‑14th century, tracing interactions among Pictish, Irish, Norse and later Gaelic elements. Using saga narratives, place‑names, archaeological remains and anthropological observation, it reconstructs settlement patterns, kinship and the genetic character of ruling families, arguing progressive Gaelicisation of earldoms and the adoption of Norse naming conventions by Gaelic settlers. Chapters detail personal appearance, customs, beliefs and genealogies to support conclusions about ancestry, social change, and the islands' complex ethnic formation.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Hkr.

[2] Hkr.

[3] He has been unaccountably confused with earl Erlendr, who would thus have run off with his own aunt.

[4] Fb.

[5] Isl. Annals.

[6] Scots Peerage.

[7] Scottish Land-Names, by sir Herbert Maxwell, bt., 123, Macbain’s G. Dict., s.v. bòrlum.

[8] Sandey Church History, by Rev. Alex. Goodfellow, Kirkwall, 1912, p. 78.

[9] Isl. Annals.

[10] Skálda.

[11] Saga-Book, 1914.

Transcriber's Note

The following apparent errors have been corrected:

p. 3 "circa," changed to "circa"
p. 12 "slaugher" changed to "slaughter"

The following are inconsistently used in the text:

Atholl and Athole
Ingibiörg and Ingibjörg
seaboard and sea-board
sir and Sir
slembidjákn and slembi-djákn
Svein and Sveinn
uppkvöð and upp-kvöð