Njord and Skadi

by Sheena McGrath

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  Endnotes

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  [2] Orton 1998-2001: 26.

  [3] Byock 2005: Loc. 1720.

  [4] Abrams 2011: Loc. 1302.

  [5] Ibid: Loc. 1308.

  [6] Ibid: Loc. 1308.

  [7] Ibid: Loc. 616.

  [8] Heslop 2009: 1.

  [9] O'Donoghue 2007: 53.

  [10] Kurman 1974: 1-2.

  [11] Heslop 2009: 2.

  [12] Vigfússon and Powell 1883: 19.

  [13] Clunies-Ross 1987: 172-3.

  [14] Sorensen 1998: 245.

  [15] Ibid: 255-6.

  [16] de Vries 1937: 37.