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31. _svartekung_, swartbeard. Helge is given this name, partly because of
his swarthy features, partly because he practices black arts. See canto
II: 5.
CANTO V.
Stanza 1. King Ring ruled over Ringerike, on the west side of Kristiania
fjord.
4. _sn�ckorna_, ships.
4. _vita vingar_, white wings, sails.
4. _av rikdom, som rikdomen (be)tingar_. Of wealth that brings more
wealth, or upon which further wealth is contingent.
11. _jag g�tt i fr�_, I have grown old.
11. _kungens de glesnade lockar. De_ is here used irregularly.
17. _Men lungorna nekade bifall alltj�mt_. Constantly the signs refused
to he affirmative. For reading of signs see note, canto II: 13.
2l. _i templet s�tter jag min syster_. The temple of Balder is referred
to. Here persons were inviolate and it was especially a great crime for a
man to visit a woman in this sacred place.
CANTO VI.
Observe the ingenuity with which Fritiof's words to Bj�rn are also made
to convey an answer to Hilding. _Kung_ and _bonde_ refer to Helge and
Fritiof, but they are also the chess terms for king and pawn. Note also
the ingenious rhyme of this canto.
Stanza 6. _sk�ldborg_. In battle the chief warriors stood around the king
and the royal banner in closed ranks with their shields turned outward
for protection.
11. _man_. See note, canto IV: 28.
Stanza 3. _Delling_, Dawn, was the husband of _Natt_. Their son, _Dag_,
was radiant with heauty.
4. _p�rlor_, the stars.
5. _k�rlekens gudinna_. Fritiof's name for Ingeborg.
10. _valkyria_. The valkyrs were beautiful maidens that served in
Valhall. They were sent by Oden to the battlefields to select certain
among the fallen heroes and bring them to Valhall.
16. _Vingolv_, the common hall of the gods.
19--22. Compare Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act III., Scene V.
20. _Ragnar�k_, the twilight of the gods, the end of the world.
CANTO VIII.
Lines 27--28. See note, canto V: 21.
35. _Urdas blanka v�g_. The pure water of Urda's fountain. The norns
daily brought holy water out of this fountain to sprinkle the roots of
the great world-tree Yggdrasil in order to keep it ever green. This tree
is symbolic of the universe as a great unity. Its branches reach unto
heaven. One of its roots extends unto the abode of men, another to the
realm of the giants and the third to Hel's kingdom.
36. _Gefton_, the virgin goddess and the protector of female chastity.
All women that died unmarried were supposed to serve her.
57. _Bifrosts bro_, the rainbow, the radiant bridge over which the gods
pass from heaven to earth. The valkyrs conduct the fallen heroes to
Valhall over this bridge.
59. _D�r skall han st�_. Han refers to the god of love who is represented
as having light wings on his shoulders.
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