The Vikings

10th Century Adam of Bremen Alfred Aron ashore battle Birka Bjarni boat built cargo carved chieftain Christian Chronicle coast craft crew Danes Danish Denmark dragon Dublin east Egil Eirik the Red enemy England English Eskimo Europe farm Faroes feet feuds fighting fjords fleet Floki Gardar Gokstad Gokstad ship Greenland hafskip Harald Fairhair head Hedeby horn huge Iceland Ingolf Irish island keel killed King Olaf knarr land Leif lived Long Serpent longship mast merchants miles monastery monks Naddod named navigational Ninth Century Norman Normandy Norsemen northern Norway Norwegian oars ocean Olaf Tryggvason Olaf's Old Norse Oseberg Oseberg ship planks plunder prow raiders raids River Rollo runes Russia sail Scandinavia Scandinavian seafarers settlements settlers shields side silver Skallagrim Skraelings slave stern Svein Sweden sword Thor town trade turned vessel Viking age Viking ships Vinland voyage warship western whale wind winter wooden