| DANELAW | Expanse in Ango-saxon England under the sway of Vikings |
| POITIERS | Scene of a 1356 battle at which England, under the Black Prince, defeated France (8) |
| SHIMMY | A spirited shoulder-shaking jazz dance of the 1920s; a sway of the hips; or, a wobble of a car's wheels (6) |
| NOD | A slight bow or dip of the head; a sway of a flower in a breeze; or, alluding to a Genesiac land, a nap (3) |
| ATHELING | In Anglo-Saxon England, a prince of any of the royal dynasties |
| NORMANCONQUEST | The invasion and occupation of England under William I in the 11th century (6,8) |
| LAWN | North ___ (grassy expanse in front of the White House) |
| CEORL | In Anglo-Saxon England, a freeman of the lowest class (5) |
| CEORLS | Freemen of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England |
| WITENAGEMOT | In Anglo-Saxon England, an assembly of nobles who advised the king (11) |
| MORTON | Prelate who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and Lord Chancellor of England under Henry VII a year later (6) |
| FAIRISLE | Shipping forecast area in the NE Atlantic north of Cromarty and west of Viking (4,4) |
| SINAI | _ _ _ _ _ Desert, arid expanse in the triangular peninsula linking Africa with Asia (5) |
| ARABIANDESERT | Sandy expanse in the Middle East |
| BARRENTUNDRA | Desolate expanse in The Arctic: 2 wds. |
| KIN | The relationship of Vikings (3) |
| RHYS | Irish star of Vikings and Roots, Jonathan ___ Meyers (4) |
| VERSE | First of Vikings to use Irish to write poetry (5) |
| TRAVIS | Star of Vikings and Raised By Wolves, _ Fimmel (6) |
| RELIST | Tribute paid to a lord on the death of a tenant in Anglo-Saxon England (6) |
