created Moddan, his sister's son, earl of Caithness.
Duncan II, king of Scotland;
son of Malcolm and Ingibjorg.
Duncan, earl;
father of Dufnjal.
Duncan, earl of Angus.
Duncan, maormor of Duncansby;
m. Groa;
his dau. Grelaud.
Duncan, earl of Fife;
dau. Afreka m. Harald Maddadson.
Duncansby or Dungallsby.
Dundas, Sir David.
Dunfermelyn, Reg.
Dunfermline;
Bishop Andrew a Culdean monk of.
Dungal's Noep, C.;
battle.
Dunkeld;
clergy of Iona removed to, eccl. capital for Scots and Picts;
capital of southern Picts;
bishopric founded;
Andrew, bishop of Caith., abbot of.
Dunnet Head.
Dunrobin;
glen;
charter room;
Robert, legendary 2nd earl of Sutherland, founder (?);
MS. of Constitution of diocese;
Norse derivation.
Dunskaith, Castle of.
Dunstable, Annals of.
Durness (Dyrness);
clan Mackay;
in old earldom of Caithness;
Asleifarvik, anchorage of Hakon's fleet;
raided by Norse in retreat from Largs;
Seanachaistel, chaistel;
MacHeth settlement.
Egilsay;
martyrdom of St. Magnus;
bishop John from Athole visited.
Einar Oily-tongue;
slew Havard jarl.
Eindridi;
wrecked off Shetland;
sailed with earl Ragnvald to the East;
his treachery;
and desertion.
Ekkjal, Norse name of Oykel.
Ekkjals-bakki;
southern limit of conquest of earl Sigurd I;
indentification disputed;
earl Paul's journey to Athole;
in Sweyn's track to burn Frakark;
Atjokl's bakki.
Eclipse of sun in Orkney, Augt. 5th, 1263.
Eddirdovir, castle of, at Redcastle.
Eddrachilles.
Edgar, claimant to Scottish crown.
Einar Sigurdson, earl;
his slaughter.
Elgin;
cathedral, built by Andrew, bishop of Moray;
records;
Johanna granted lands in Strathnaver for the cathedral;
constitution of diocese based on Lincoln;
guides for Sweyn.
Elin, dau. of Eric Stagbrellir;
at home near Loch Naver;
she, or sister, m. Gilchrist, earl of Angus, and was mother of
Magnus II, earl of Caithness.
Elk;
abounded in Cat;
horns found.
Ellarholm.
Ellwick (Ellidarvik).
Embo, near Dornoch;
Norse defeated and their "prince" slain, to whom the Ri-Crois erected.
Erde-houses, of Pictish times.
Erg (Gaelic, airigh), a sheiling, Norse, setr;
pl. ergin, s
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