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CANTO IX.
Stanza 2. _det �r lyckligt, f�r f�lja_. Either _som_ or _det_ supplied
before _f�r_.
4. _Ej till hans m�te: ej att m�ta honom_. Not to meet him. This
objective genitive occurs very seldom.
5. A fine example of the terse and striking expressions that are so
numerous in Tegn�r.
6. _Falk_. The custom of using the falcon in the hunt is very old in
Scandinavia.
8. _�der_, the faithless and restless husband of Freja. Once when he left
her and remained away a long time she sought him in all lands. The tears
she wept while on this sad errand were so precious that they turned to
gold; hence this metal is found in all lands. According to one version of
the story, she finally found �der in the South, sitting under the myrtle
tree; hence the custom that every bride in Scandinavia must wear a crown
of myrtle.
CANTO X.
Stanza 1. _t�nk p�_, think of.
2. _Sam_ and _Hejd_ were two monsters that Helge had sent for and offered
presents with the request that they raise a storm that would destroy
Fritiof and his men. They appeared in the guise of polar bear and eagle.
2. _gudars hem_, the heavens.
3. _Solundar-�_, an island near the Norwegian coast, probably at the
outlet of Sognefjord. Today the group is called the Outer and the Inner
Sol Islands.
4. _gudatimrade_, built by the gods. See note, canto 3: 164 seq.
5. _kan du icke se f�r natt_, could not see because of the darkness.
5. _dra seglaren i kvav_. Drag the sailor into the deep. _G� i kvav_, to
founder, go down.
5. _Ran(a)_, wife of �gir and goddess of the sea, was hostile to men and
sought to drag them down into the deep. She was passionately fond of
gold, and sailors deemed it wise to have some of the yellow metal with
them with which to appease her in case they foundered at sea. (See stanza
6.)
5. _�t oss_, for us.
6. _f�sta havsbrud_, plight troth with the goddess of the sea.
7. _kvad den_, called it forth by incantation.
8. _skepna'n_, skepnaden.
8. _�r du gudars dotter_. See canto III: 164 seq.
9. _h�lla sj�n_, keep afloat.
10. _Efjesund_, a sound in the Orkney Islands. Angantyr was jarl of the
Orkneys.
11. _havets m�r_, the waves, nine beautiful daughters of �gir and Ran who
delighted in playing all over the surface of their father's vast domain.
11. _mj�dhorn vandrande p� guldfot_. The drinking horns of the ancients
often had metal supports.
CANTO XI.
Stanza 1. _s�g ut �t bl�nad ban_, looked out over the blue course (sea).
1. _allt som_, just like.
2. _blott hornet in han stack_, he passed the horn back through the
window to have it refilled.
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