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Gray, James

"Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns"


Fretheskin, see Freskin.
Frida, dau. of Kolbein Hruga, m. Andres, son of Sweyn Asleifarson.
Furness;
Wemund, monk of.

Gaedingar, too, 152 (n. 22).
Gaelic;
superseded Pictish;
in Sutherland full of Norse words;
Psalms translated into by Gilbert, bishop;
Gaelic blood crossed with Norse produced the Saga;
Gaelic in Sutherland and Caithness included many Norse words;
a trustworthy vehicle of Norse.
Gairsay;
Sweyn's castle;
robbed by earl Harald;
Sweyn's life and large drinking hall.
Gall, Eilean nan;
traditional combat.
Gall-gaels, or Gaelic strangers;
mixed Gaelic-Norse;
held sea from Lewis to Isle of Man;
of Argyll.
Galloway;
part of Valentia;
subdued by earl Thorfinn;
rebellion subdued;
Roland of, defeated Donald Ban MacWilliam;
rebellion put down by king Alexr. II.
Geographical Collections, (W. Macfarlane).
Gibbon, Gillebride or Gilbert, earl of Orkney and Caithness;
son or brother of earl Magnus II;
his dau. Matilda m. Malise, earl of Stratherne;
d. 1256, succ. by son Magnus III.
Gilbert, alleged earl of Orkney.


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