Erg (Gaelic, airigh), a sheiling, Norse, setr; pl. ergin, sheilings, in Asgrim's Ergin.
Eric Stagbrellir, son of Audhild, brought up in Kildonan by Frakark; sole male survivor of Moddan line; m. Ingigerd, dau. of earl St. Ragnvald, united the Erlend and Moddan estates; tried to reconcile earls Ragnvald and Harold; probably got earl Ottar's lands on the death of earl Erlend; viking raid to Hebrides and Scilly Isles; his son Harald Ungi made earl of Orkney and Caithness (excluding Sutherland); his son, Ragnvald; line represented by Snaekoll Gunni's son.
Eric Streita; husband of Audhild, dau. of Thorleif.
Erlend Haraldson, earl of Orkney and Caith.; heir of earl Ottar; granted half earldom of Caith.; granted half earldom of Orkney; supported by Sweyn; in Shetland; slain; last of male line of Thorfinn Sigurdson; nearest heir, Ragnvald Gudrodson, king of Man; grandson of Hakon Paulson; not Erlend Ungi.
Erlend Torf-Einarson, earl; slain in England.
Erlend Thorfinnson; joint earl of Orkney and Caith. with his brother Paul; at battle of Stamford Bridge; banished to Norway where he died; his descendants; his line of heirs; Scottish policy as to succession; Snaekoll Gunni's son, chief of line; Skene's theory; the converse theory that Magnus of Angus m. the nameless dau. of earl John, through whom he got the title, and Paul's lands; his share of earldom of Caithness; inherited by Johanna of Strathnaver; his line (excepting Harald Ungi) excluded from Orkney during rule of earl Harold, David and John; succession to Erlend lands in C.
Erlend Ungi; eloped with Margret, mother of earl Harold Maddadson, to Mousa Broch; reconciled to earl Harold, with whom he went to Norway; not earl Erlend.
Erling Erlendson; in Norwegian expedition to Wales; probably killed in Ireland.
Erling Ivar's son; in Hakon's expedition; in raid on Dyrnes.
Erlingson, Thorsteinn; _Ruins of Saga-time in Iceland_, (Viking Society, extra series).
Erriboll, Loch; the Goafiord, or Hoanfiord, Hakon's fleet in; Lochvuaies.
Euphemia, wife of Walter Freskin de Moravia of Duffus, dau. of Ferchar Mac-in-Tagart, earl of Ross.
Eystein, king of Norway; seized earl Harold Maddadson; invaded Aberdeen.
Eysteinsdal, or Ousedale, near the Ord of Caithness; to which king William marched against earl Harold