See also:

• OLAF
• OLAF (II.)
• OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)

OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Danish kingdoms of See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria and of See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, was a son of Sitric, king of See also:

• DEIRA

Deira, and was related to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English king lEthelstan . As his name indicates he was of Norse descent, and he married a daughter of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine II., king of the Scots . When Sitric died about 927 thelstan annexed Deira, and See also:

• OLAF
• OLAF (II.)
• OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)

Olaf took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland until 937, when he was one of the leaders of the formidable See also:

• LEAGUE

league of princes which was destroyed by £Etheistan at the famous See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Brunanburh . Again he sought a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home among his kinsfolk in Ireland, but just after lEthelstan's See also:

• DEATH

death in 940 he or Olaf Godfreyson was recalled to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England by the Northumbrians . Both crossed over, and in 941 the new English king, See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund, gave up Deira to the former . The See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between the English and the Danes did not, however, last See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . See also:

• WULFSTAN
• WULFSTAN, ST (c. 1o12—1095)

Wulfstan, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, sided with Olaf; but in 944 this king was driven from Northumbria by Edmund, and See also:

• CROSSING

crossing to Ireland he ruled over the Danish See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Dublin . From 949 to 952 he was again king of Northumbria, until he was expelled once more, and he passed the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his active See also:

• LIFE

life in warfare in Ireland . But in 98o his dominion was shattered by the defeat of the Danes at the battle of See also:

• TARA
• TARA, VISCOUNTS AND BARONS

Tara . He went to See also:

• IONA

Iona, where he died probably in 981, although one See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account says he was in Dublin in 994 . This, however, is unlikely . In the sagas he is known as Olaf the Red .

This Olaf must not be confused with his kinsman and ally, Olaf (d . 941), also king of Northumbria and of Dublin, who was a son of See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey, king of Dublin . The latter Olaf became king of Dublin in 934; but he was in England in 937, as. he took See also:

• PART

part in the fight at Brunanburh . After this event he returned to Ireland, but he appears to have acted for a very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint king of Northumbria with Olaf Sitricson . It is possible that he was the " Olaf of Ireland " who was called by the Northumbrians after £Ethelstan's death, but both the Olafs appear to have accepted the invitation . He was killed in 941 at Tyningham near See also:

• DUNBAR, GEORGE (1774—1851)
• DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE (1872–1906)
• DUNBAR, WILLIAM (c. 1460-c. 1520)

Dunbar . See W . F . See also:

• SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (1809–1892)

Skene, See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic Scotland, vol. i . (1876), and J . R . See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, The See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of England, vol. i .

(1899) .