Thorolf, bishop of Orkney, 45.
Thorsdale, 70;
valley of Thurso river, 148 (n. 40).
Thorstan the White, 28.
Thorstein the Red, seized C. and S., 20;
father of Groa, who m. Duncan, maormor of Cat, 25.
Thorstein, son of Hall O' Side, 30.
Thurso;
the river, 25, 34, 53;
earl Moddan killed at, 41;
Ottar, jarl in, 53, 60;
earl Harold Maddadson seized, 67;
earls Ragnvald and Harold reconciled, 69; 71, 87, 99, 133;
St. Peter's church, 134;
earls' residence, 134, 115, see 154 (n. 28).
Tighernac, The Annals of, 45, 142 (II, n. 11).
Torfaeus, Orcades, q.v., for transl. see Pope, Alex.
Torf-Einar Ragnvaldson, earl;
slew Halfdan Halegg, 23, 24.
Turfness (probably Burghead), Moray, 23;
battle, 41;
Ragnvald Kali went to, 68;
held by Norse, 76.
Tweed, 37, 131.
Ulbster, 100.
Ulern, 26.
Ulf the Bad, 28.
Ulfreksfirth (Larne Bay), 39, 144 (n. 6).
Ulster, 5, 17, 18, 19.
Undal, Peter Clauson, 152 (n. 1).
Unes, or Little Ferry, 121, 133.
Uphall, History and Antiquities of, (J. Primrose), 147 (n. 24), 54.
Valentia, 4.
Valthiof, brother of Sweyn, 62.
Varangian Guard, 66, 67.
Vallich, Loch, or Bealach, 110.
Vikings;
origin, 12, 13, 129; 18;
settlers as well as raiders, 13;
settlements place-names, including the, 14;
intermarriage, influence, 14;
held and named most of coasts and valleys of Cat and Ross, 15, 20;
survival of place and personal names, 18, 19;
Valhalla influence, 129;
ships, 135;
traders, 136.
Viking Age, The, (Du Chaillu), 13, 142 (II, n. 12), 157 (n. 17), see 135.
Viking expeditions, 74.
Viking Society for Northern Research. Publications:
Saga-Rook (Proceedings), The Round Church and Earl's Bu of Orphir, 133, 157 (n. 9);
Year-Book, 150 (ns. 24, 28);
Old-Lore Miscell. of O.S.C. and S., q.v.;
Orkney and Shetland Records, q.v.;
Caithness and Sutherland Records, q.v.;
Ruins of Saga-Time, q.v.
Wales, 49, 65, 114.
Walter de Baltroddi, bishop, 122, 155 (n. 8).
Waltheof, earl, 65, 148 (n. 21).
Wardships, granted by Crown, 16.
Wemund (monk), 150 (n. 24).
Wergeld, for Halfdan, 24;
Olaf Hrolfson, 65.
Wick;
earl Harald Ungi defeated, 87;
earls' residence, 134, 154 (n. 28).
Widow, 47.
Will. Newburgh Chron., 150 (n. 24).
William the Lion;
charter of Strabrock, 77;
confirmed charter in Sutherland, 79;
service of Wm. Freskyn, 80;
grant to Gaufrid Blundus, 80;
crowned, 83, 84;
first conquest of Caithness, Sutherland granted to Hugo Freskyn, 85;
with army in Ross, 86;
war against Donald Ban MacWilliam, 86;
defeated Thorfinn, Harold's son, 87;
subdued Sutherland and Caithness, 87;
conferred half of earldom of C. on Harald Ungi, 87, 117;
conferred it on Ragnvald Gudrodson, 88, 89;
came to terms with Harald, 90;
war with thanes of Ross, 94;
the dau. of John as hostage, 94, 95;
treaty with John, Caithness, 107;
death, 119, 151 (n. 43), see 88, 89.
William, son of Gillebride, uncle of Magnus II, 103.
William FitzDuncan, son of Duncan II, 86.
William the Old, bishop of Orkney;
at Egilsay, 63;
went to the east, 66.
William the Wanderer, transl. W.G. Collingwood; Thorfinn, "king of Catanesse," 43, 133.
Wolves, in Cat, 8.
Worsae;
The Prehistory of the North, 13, 142 (n. 13).
Wrath, Cape, 125, 126.
Wyntoun's Chronicle, 97, 152 (n. 14).
Wyre, Vigr, now called Veira;
Cobbie Row's Castle, 100.
Yell Sound, 62.
Yorkshire ridings, trithings, 144 (n. 6).
Yuletide;
feasts, 42, 44.