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Abingdon abbey 95, 97–8 Ælfsige, abbot of Peterborough 89–92 Adaldag, archbishop of Ælfsige, bishop of Hamburg-Bremen 161, 186 Winchester 100n124, 101 Agemund (Ögmundr), royal offi cial and Ælfweard, abbot of Evesham, later landholder in Dorset 51–2, 54, 75 bishop of London 88n57, 89, 104 Aldhun, bishop of Durham 112, Ælfwig, bishop of London 10n6, 86, 125–6, 135 89 Anund Jakob, king of part of Ælfwine, associate of Odda and Sweden 235–6, 243–51, 289 Ælfgar 25, 27–8, 121n61 Archbishop of Canterbury (see also Ælfwine, abbot of New Minster, Lyfi ng, Æthelnoth, Eadsige) 73–4, Winchester 97, 295–6, 300 78–82, 85–6, 96, 130–1, 179 Ælfwine, moneyer in Lund 221 Archbishop of York (see also Wulfstan Ælfwine, royal priest and abbot of and Ælfric Puttoc) 83–6, 133–4 St. Augustine’s, Canterbury 101 Aslac (Áslákr), charter witness 19–20, Æthelmær, associate of Odda 25, 26, 41–2 27–8 Assandun, church of 92–4, 102 Æthelmær, associate of Ælfgar Azor Thoredsson (Özurr Þórðarson), mæw 25, 31–4, 36 see also Thored, son of Azor 17–19, Æthelmær, ealdorman of Western 122, 311 Wessex, son of Ealdorman Árnorr jarlaskáld, skaldic Æthelweard 36, 43, 45–6, 81 poet 144n142, 217n57, 261n76, Æthelnoth, archbishop of 267–9, 293n11 Canterbury 73, 79, 80–2, 92, 95, Áslákr of Fittja 252–3, 256 100n124, 126–7, 179, 213, 234 Áslakr, son of Erlingr Skjalgsson 255 Æthelred, king of England 9–10, 14, Ásfríðr, daughter of Óðinnkár 194, 16, 22–5, 29, 34–7, 41–2, 43, 45–6, 196 49, 59, 61, 62n68, 75, 78, 83, 85–7, Ástríðr, daughter of Óláfr 89–91, 95, 97–8, 105–06, 112, 119, skötkonungr 242 130, 137n120, 162, 171–2, 212, Ástríðr, sister of Cnut 219 293–4 Ælfgar, associate of Odda 25–31, Æthelwine, abbot of Abingdon 98 121n61 Æthelwine, bishop of Wells 99–101 Ælfgar mæw, royal offi cial 25–6, Æthelwold, father of Æthelmær and 30–6, 317 charter witness associated with Ælfgar Ælfget, associate of Ælfgar mæw 31–2 mæw 34 Ælfgifu of Northampton 104, Århus, Jylland 159, 161–2, 172, 123n66, 147, 218n64, 219n, 270, 176–7, 183, 194n139, 200n153 286 Ælfhelm, earl of Northumbria 110, Bamburgh, high-reeves of (see also 123 Uhtred of Bamburgh) 108n5, Ælfhun, bishop of London 86 109–13, 119, 124, 126, 136 Ælfmær, abbot of St Augustine’s, Beorhtred, moneyer in Slagelse, Canterbury, later bishop of Sjælland 165 Sherborne 99 Beorhtric, royal offi cial and probably Ælfmær deorling 38 Ælfgar mæw’s son 31–4, 38 Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of York Bernhard, bishop of Skåne 178, 222 84–5, 125, 133–4 Bjarni Gullbráskáld, skaldic poet 260, Ælfsige, abbot of Ely 90 263 346 index

Bolesław Chrobry, head of Piast dynasty Eileifr, earl within Mercia, probably of Poland 181n104, 182n105, 215, son of Thórgils 41, 70–2, 75, 128, 217–18 212n28, 219, 232–7 Bovi (Bófi ), royal offi cial and landholder Einarr skálaglamm, skaldic poet 241, in Dorset 51–5, 75 265–7, 291 Brihtwine, bishop of Sherborne Einarr þambarskelfi r 251, 255–6, 258, 99–100 270 Brihtwine, bishop of Wells 99–101 Ekkihard (or Esico), bishop of Brothor (Broðor), landholder in East Hedeby-Schleswig 161, 245 Anglia 67 Ely Abbey 64, 89–90, 92–3 Bury St. Edmund’s, church construction Emma, queen of England and at 93 successively wife of King Æthelred and King Cnut 77n2, 80, 89–91, Carham, battle of 126 95, 137, 169n59, 212n28, 296 Christ Church, Canterbury 17–18, 74, Erlingr Skjálgsson 251–2, 255–6, 78–80, 82, 87, 96, 156 258–60 Cologne 102–3 Erlendr of Gerði 252–4, 256 Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor 103, Esgar (Ásgeirr), Tovi pruða’s grandson 181–2, 191, 218n62, 245, 294–7, 300, 62–3, 311n55 303–7 Ethred, earl within Northumbria, and Crowland Abbey 93 associate of Earl Northman and Earl Uhtred 135 Deerhurst 29–30, 38, 317 Evesham Abbey 104–5 Duduc, royal priest later bishop of Eyvindr skáldaspillir, skaldic poet Wells 100–03, 307 265–6 Dunan, bishop of Dublin 130–1 Durham Abbey 78n6, 112–14, 118, Finnr Árnason 148, 256, 258 125–6, 134–5, 139 Fræna 16 Fulgod, moneyer in Denmark 165 Eadric Streona, royal offi cial 36–8, 44–5, 66, 68–9, 71, 75–6, 106, Gerbrand, bishop of Roskilde 170, 212n31 178–81 Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury 73, Glastonbury Abbey 95, 98 81–2, 101–02 Gloucester Abbey 105 Eadulf Cudel of Bamburgh 118, 124, Gnúpu (or Cnuba), brother of Gurd 136 and joint-ruler of region of Denmark Eadwig the ceorls’ king 46 around Hedeby-Schleswig 196–7 Eadwine, son of Ealdorman Godeman, abbot of Thorney Leofwine 71–2 Abbey 90–1 Eadwold, royal priest 94, 101, 103 Godwine, earl 14, 42, 45, 47–51, 61, Ealdred, son of Uhtred of 63, 72–3, 99, 148, 213, 219, 309, Bamburgh 119, 124–5 312, 315 Echmarcach Rögnvaldsson, ruler of Godwine, bishop of Lichfi eld 104–5 Galloway and the Rhinns 140, 142, Godwine, moneyer in Lund 221 146 Gotebald, bishop of Skåne 177, 222 Edmund Ironside, son of King Gottschalk, Slavic refugee at Cnut’s Æthelred 10, 22, 36–41, 62n68, court 182n105 75n137, 86, 89, 95, 98, 118, 212n28 Grimkell, bishop in Norway 274–5 Edward the Confessor, king of Gunnar, earl within Northumbria 111, England 19, 29–30, 33, 52n38, 57, 113 59–60, 73, 121, 309–15 Gurd, brother of Gnúpu (or Cnuba) Eiríkr of Hlaðir, earl of and joint-ruler of region of Denmark Northumbria 14, 41, 44, 75, around Hedeby-Schleswig 196 118–20, 123–4, 210n, 214, 216, 242 Gytha, Godwine’s wife 48–9, 72, 219