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...Ottar.......................................................................................................................23 Angantyr, Jarl of the Orkney Islands...................................................................................................23 Angur-boda.....................................................................................................

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...elves in colonies on the islands that were then known as the Faroes, Hebrides, Orkneys, and Shetland Islands, and directly became the most adventurous...

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...s, by the faith we owe unto God. Truly then, said he, my name is Gareth of Orkney, and King Lot was my father, and my mother is King Arthur’s sister, ... ...of whom was he made knight? Madam, said the dwarf, he is the king’s son of Orkney, but his name I will not tell you as at this time; but wit ye well, ... ...e is brother to the good knight Sir Gawaine, and his name is Sir Gareth of Orkney. And now I have told you his right name, I pray you, fair lady, let ... ... I can. Then Sir Gringamore looked out at a window and said, Sir Gareth of Orkney, leave thy boasting words, for thou gettest not thy dwarf again. Tho... ...he land, his name was Sir Arnold le Breusse. CHAPTER XXV* How the Queen of Orkney came to this feast of Pente- cost, and Sir Gawaine and his brethren ... ...n the best manner. And as they sat at the meat, there came in the Queen of Orkney, with ladies and knights a great number. And then Sir Gawaine, Sir A... ... many of us, that he was not come of a noble house. Sir, said the Queen of Orkney unto King Arthur her brother, wit ye well that I sent him unto you r... ...eceived, and there she was sore questioned of the king and of the Queen of Orkney. And she answered, where Sir Gareth was she could not tell. But thus... ...relsy that might be found. Also there came Queen Guenever and the Queen of Orkney, Sir Gareth’s mother. And upon the Assumption Day, when mass and mat...

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...those times than is now anywhere accessible. Viking earldoms also were the Orkneys, Faroes, and Shetlands. So late as 1171, in the reign (5) A Collect... ...ga of Henry II., the year after Beckett’s murder, Earl Sweyn Asleifsson of Orkney, who had long been the terror of the western seas, “fared a sea-rovi... ...may bear sway over that kingdom as freely and fully as King Eric over (6) “Orkneyinga Saga”. 9 The V olsunga Saga the realm of Sweden, or King Gorm o... ...a great multitude,” fled oversea to the outlands, Iceland, the Faroes, the Orkneys, and Ireland. The whole coast of Europe, even to Greece and the sho...

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...m you. CHAPTER X How King Arthur had a battle against Nero and King Lot of Orkney, and how King Lot was deceived by Mer- lin, and how twelve kings wer... ...th the most part of his people, and Merlin came to King Lot of the Isle of Orkney, and held him with a tale of prophecy, till Nero and his people were... ... had been slain than King Arthur. Now what is best to do? said King Lot of Orkney; whether is me better to treat with King Arthur or to fight, for the... ... stroke through the helm and head unto the brows. And then all the host of Orkney fled for the death of King Lot, and there were slain many mothers’ s...

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...tra versed the northern highlands and fixed on one of the re motest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours. It was a place fitted for such a work... ...ath. The grand jury rejected the bill, on its being proved that I was on the Orkney Islands at the hour the body of my friend was found; and a fortnig...

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...e lady, ye must tell it me or ye pass. My name is Gawaine, the King Lot of Orkney’s son, and my mother is King Arthur’s sister. Ah! then are ye nephew... ...r was King Arthur’s nephew, and his name is Sir Gawaine, King Lot’s son of Orkney. And they gave him the hart’s head because it was in his quest. Then...

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... a great part of his complaint: he cried and wept, saying: O fair Queen of Orkney, King Lot’s wife, and mother of Sir Gawaine, and to Sir Gaheris, and... ...his father, King Pellinore, for we deemed that he slew our father, King of Orkney. And for the despite of Pellinore, Sir Lamorak did us a shame to our... ...side Camelot; and all was to that intent to slay Sir Lamorak. The Queen of Orkney was there but a while, but Sir Lamorak wist of their being, and was ... ...ked of King Arthur that they might have the first jousts, for they were of Orkney. I am pleased, said King Arthur. Then Sir Edward encountered with th... ...his shield and his spear, and with all his might he met with Sir Edward of Orkney, that he smote him so hard that his horse might not stand on his fee... ...se, and or ever he stint he smote down with one spear four good knights of Orkney that were of the kin of Sir Gawaine; and Sir Gareth and Sir Dinadan ... ...ram drew his sword and rode into the thickest of the press against them of Orkney; and there he smote down knights, and rashed off helms, and pulled a... ...s they might; but ever Sir Tristram did so much deeds of arms that they of Orkney waxed weary of him, and so withdrew them unto Lonazep 124 Thomas Ma... ...on people: The Green Knight hath done marvellously, and beaten all them of Orkney. And there the heralds numbered that Sir Tristram that sat upon the ...

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...ried in a morning with great mirth and joy. And King Lot of Lothian and of Orkney then wedded Margawse that was Gawaine’s mother, and King Nentres of ... ...him at the city of Carlion. Unto the feast came King Lot of Lothian and of Orkney, with five hun- dred knights with him. Also there came to the feast ... ...ing Arthur rode into Carlion. And thither came to him, King Lot’s wife, of Orkney, in manner of a mes- sage, but she was sent thither to espy the cour...

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...ty with two brethren; and Sir Selises of the Dolorous Tower, Sir Edward of Orkney, Sir Ironside, that was called the noble Knight of the Red Launds th...

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... that ever I heard of or saw by my days, I, Sir Gawaine, King Lot’s son of Orkney, sister’s son unto the noble King Arthur, send thee greeting, and le...

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...k Nine to that, said Sir Lamorak, I say nay thereto, for Queen Morgawse of Orkney, mother to Sir Gawaine, and his mother is the fairest queen and lady... ...the world, and Sir Lamorak said nay thereto, for he said Queen Morgawse of Orkney was fairer than she and more of beauty. Ah, Sir Lamorak, why sayest ... ...lady Queen Guenever, be fairest in your eye, wit ye well Queen Morgawse of Orkney is fairest in mine eye, and so every knight thinketh his own lady fa...

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...d granted him the lordship. Now three princes, by name Gonfal, King of the Orkneys, Doldamer, King of Gothland, and Romarec, King of Finland, heard th... ...of the Danes; Lot, who was King of Norway, and Gonfal, jarl of the lawless Orkneys, from whence sail the pirates in their ships. From the parts beyond... ...he lords of the isles, Ireland, Gothland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and the Orkneys, promised for their part one hundred and forty thou sand men, arme...

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... a great part of his complaint: he cried and wept, saying: O fair Queen of Orkney, King Lot’s wife, and mother of Sir Gawaine, and to Sir Gaheris, and... ...his father, King Pellinore, for we deemed that he slew our father, King of Orkney. And for the despite of Pellinore, Sir Lamorak did us a shame to our... ...side Camelot; and all was to that intent to slay Sir Lamorak. The Queen of Orkney was there but a while, but Sir Lamorak wist of their being, and was ... ...ked of King Arthur that they might have the first jousts, for they were of Orkney. I am pleased, said King Arthur. Then Sir Edward encountered with th... ...his shield and his spear, and with all his might he met with Sir Edward of Orkney, that he smote him so hard that his horse might not stand on his fee... ...se, and or ever he stint he smote down with one spear four good knights of Orkney that were of the kin of Sir Gawaine; and Sir Gareth and Sir Dinadan ... ...ram drew his sword and rode into the thickest of the press against them of Orkney; and there he smote down knights, and rashed off helms, and pulled a... ...s they might; but ever Sir Tristram did so much deeds of arms that they of Orkney waxed weary of him, and so withdrew them unto Lonazep 124 Thomas Ma... ...on people: The Green Knight hath done marvellously, and beaten all them of Orkney. And there the heralds numbered that Sir Tristram that sat upon the ...

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...t du Lake, which is the vi. book. Here followeth the tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney that was called Beaumains by Sir Kay, and is the seventh book. To re...

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...or Co’monell; there is not one of the two hundred who were drowned off the Orkneys; nor so much as a poor, over-driven, Covenanting slave in the Ameri...

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...d, I am of the court of King Arthur, and his sister’s son, and King Lot of Orkney was my father, and my name is Sir Gawaine. And then he said, My name...

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...he Valkyria turned her lead towards the Faroe Islands, passing between the Orkneys and Shetlands. Soon the schooner encountered the great Atlantic swe...

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...e was never a duke welcomed from a stranger place of exile. Half-way between Orkney and Shetland, there lies a certain isle; on the one hand the Atlan...

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...that was reeling before the enemy, brought these and twenty squad- rons of Orkney’s back upon them, and drove the French across the river, again leadi...

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...der various pretences, a thousand dag- gers betwixt the Land’s-End and the Orkneys.” The venerable Judge thus ended what, to judge by his ap- parent e...

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...d Viscount Bolingbroke, one of her Majesty’s Secretaries of State, my Lord Orkney, that had served with us abroad, being of the party. His Grace of Ha...

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...ing north-about round Scot- land, and were now on the high sea between the Orkney and Shetland Islands, having avoided the dangerous currents of the P...

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...ns. On the 15th of March we were in the latitude of New Shetland and South Orkney. The Captain told me that formerly numerous tribes of seals inhabite...

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...as she was coming over to England she fell sick, and landing on one of the Orkney Islands, died there. A great commo tion immediately began in Scotla... ...o act upon this contract. But, two of his men being taken prisoners at the Orkney Islands, the Gov ernment became aware of his intention, and was abl...

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...lled Eubonia or Man; and another di- rectly north, beyond the Picts, named Orkney; and hence it was anciently a proverbial expression, in reference to... ...val of not less than eight hundred years, came the Picts, and occupied the Orkney Islands: whence they laid waste many regions, and seized those on th... ...without loss of men, he at length conquered Britain. He next sailed to the Orkneys, which he likewise conquered, and afterwards rendered tributary. No... ...ips. In these they sailed round the coun- try of the Picts, laid waste the Orkneys, and took possession 1 V .R. Who had come with him from the island...

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...ried in a morning with great mirth and joy. And King Lot of Lothian and of Orkney then wedded Margawse that was Gawaine’s mother, and King Nentres of ... ...him at the city of Carlion. Unto the feast came King Lot of Lothian and of Orkney, with five hun- dred knights with him. Also there came to the feast ... ...ing Arthur rode into Carlion. And thither came to him, King Lot’s wife, of Orkney, in manner of a mes- sage, but she was sent thither to espy the cour... ...l. One CHAPTER X How King Arthur had a battle against Nero and King Lot of Orkney, and how King Lot was deceived by Mer- lin, and how twelve kings wer... ...th the most part of his people, and Merlin came to King Lot of the Isle of Orkney, and held him with a tale of prophecy, till Nero and his people were... ... had been slain than King Arthur. Now what is best to do? said King Lot of Orkney; whether is me better to treat with King Arthur or to fight, for the... ... stroke through the helm and head unto the brows. And then all the host of Orkney fled for the death of King Lot, and there were slain many mothers’ s... ...e lady, ye must tell it me or ye pass. My name is Gawaine, the King Lot of Orkney’s son, and my mother is King Arthur’s sister. Ah! then are ye nephew... ...r was King Arthur’s nephew, and his name is Sir Gawaine, King Lot’s son of Orkney. And they gave him the hart’s head because it was in his quest. Then...

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...egion bounded on the north by Georgia, east by Sandwich Land and the South Orkneys, and west by the South Shetland islands. In 1822, Captain James Wed... ...d south on a meridian to the east of Georgia, Sandwich Land, and the South Orkney and Shetland islands.” My own experience will be found to testify mo...

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... text indicates, and occurs from Dumfries and Berwickshire to Aberdeen and Orkney. 9 Records of a Family of Engineers scribed of the clan MacGregor, ... ...upon the whole have made a good passage, leaving many vessels behind us in Orkney. I am quite well, my dear; and Captain Wemyss, who has much spirit, ... ...in Aberdeenshire, at the east- ern elbow of the coast; North Ronaldsay, in Orkney, to keep the north and guide ships passing to the south’ard of Shetl... ...enson of the north islanders. On the 9th October 1794 he took passage from Orkney in the sloop Elizabeth of Stromness. She made a fair passage till wi... ... ashore. A gale immediately followed, and the Elizabeth was driven back to Orkney and lost with all hands. The second escape I have been in the habit ... ...lman was sent hastily through the streets of Lerwick. Between Shetland and Orkney, only seventy miles apart, there was ‘no trade communication whateve... ...rved relate principally to the islands of Ronaldsay and Sanday, two of the Orkney group. These bordered on one of the water-highways of civilisation; ... ...y the mas- ter hand of Scott himself: ‘At the village of Stromness, on the Orkney main island, called Pomona, lived, in 1814, an aged dame called Bess... ...oreman at the Bell Rock, when, on Christmas-day 1806, on his way home from Orkney, he was lost in the schooner Traveller. The tale of the loss of the ...

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...ing Brandagoras of Latangor, With Anguisant of Erin, Morganore, And Lot of Orkney. Then, before a voice As dreadful as the shout of one who sees To o... ...ne: And daughters had she borne him,—one whereof, Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent, Hath ever like a loyal sister cleaved To Arthur,—but a s... ...iard, With Gawain and young Modred, her two sons, Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent; Whom as he could, not as he would, the King Made feast f...

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...old blow! By the might of our cable-tow (Take hands!), From the Orkneys to the Horn, All round the world (and a little loop to pull it...

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...r, where he was nearly baked to death; he went to the Georgia Islands, the Orkneys, Emerald Island, Little Nightingale Island, Gough’s Island, Bouvet’...

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...land would end in a dispersed, deflated state, chiefly in the seas between Orkney and Norway—though I say it who should not. But these aeroplanes can ...

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...that was reeling before the enemy, brought these and twenty squad- rons of Orkney’s back upon them, and drove the French across 247 Thackeray the riv... ...d Viscount Bolingbroke, one of her Majesty’s Secretaries of State, my Lord Orkney, that had served with us abroad, being of the party. His Grace of Ha...

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...gues with us, and some books. We will have a strong built vessel, and some Orkney men to navigate her. We must build a tolerable house: but we may car...

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...Sterlins, even unto the frozen sea. This done, they conquered the Isles of Orkney and subdued Scotland, England, and Ireland. From thence sailing thro...