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4. _P� g�ngen och p� pannan_. The definite form may be used thus instead
of the possessive when there is no ambiguity.
5. _b�rs�rk_, from _ber_, bare, and _serk_, shirt or coat of mail. The
berserk was an unarmed warrior that went to battle in a frenzy and
possessed with preternatural strength. In their fury the berserks would
attack indiscriminately friend or foe or even inanimate objects. They
were looked upon as abnormal.
8. _var runa stod i brand_. See canto III: 74-81.
10. _pr�va annan f�rd_, try a new way.
13. _till slut_, at last.
13. _livet ... p� dig_. A characteristic prepositional possessive.
14. _jag ligger som jag l�g_, I will remain still.
15. _h�ll mitt i hugget inne_, stopped in the very act of striking.
16 _t�rsten g�r mig men_, the thirst hurts me.
17-18. The description of Angantyr's hall is very much modernized by the
poet.
20. _som en ros i runa_. May perhaps mean an embellished rune or a flower
enclosed in a letter.
22. _ej sitte fj�rran fr�n_, should not sit far away.
23. _Sikel�_, Sicily.
24. _Morven_. Northern Scotland, which was often visited by vikings.
24. _v�lska_, Gaelic, the language spoken in the Scotch Highlands.
24. _norr�na tunga_, Norse tongue, the common language of Scandinavia
before and during the Viking period.
29. _m�nner_, archaic plural.
30. _Astrild_, Cupid.
32. _fj�rran myntat guld_, gold coined far away, foreign money.
34. _satt ... vintern ut_, remained to the end of winter.
CANTO XII.
Line 9. _�girs d�ttrar_, the waves. See canto X: 11.
19. _dar_, dagar.
21. _v�xer ut_, assumes the form.
84. _Eriksgata_, from _edh-vreks-gata (ed-givar-gata)_, the journey of
early kings to receive the homage of their subjects. Some authorities see
the origin of the word in the fact that Erik the Saint was supposed to be
the first king to take one of these royal trips.
91. _Disardalen_, the valley of the gods where Balder's temple lay.
108. _Loke_, the evil giant-god, the enemy of all that was good.
129. _Var_, the goddess of plighted troth. She recorded the solemn
promises of lovers and the marriage vows and avenged any violation of the
same.
135. _Balders Nanna_. See canto I: 22.
145. _s�r h�gens s�d_, sows the seed of the funeral mound, i. e., takes
life.
164. _Vidar_, the silent god, who next to Tor was the strongest among the
asar. He avenges Oden in Ragnar�k.
187. _den dagen ... fr�n min runstav tagen_. The early Scandinavians had
some sort of calendars, consisting of runes carved on a staff.
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