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198. _Lofn_, the mild and good goddess, and the deity of matrimony.
199. _vite guden_, Balder.
200. _s� n�r som_, except.
CANTO XIII.
Stanza 2. _d� r�r H�der f�r v�rlden_, then H�der (�der) rules the world.
H�der, the blind brother of Balder, is the god of night and darkness.
7. _V�sterv�gor_, the western sea.
12. _din like_, one like you.
17. _Fritiof blygs, att han darrar_, Fritiof is so ashamed that he
trembles. The antecedent of _han_ may be Bj�rn and not Fritiof, the
meaning then being, that the latter is ashamed because Bj�rn trembles.
20. _fl�dar_, pours water.
22. _eldr�d hane_. The red cock, the symbol of fire.
25. _Muspels s�ner_, the flames. Muspel or Muspelhem, the fire world, lay
south of the abyss Ginnungagap and was guarded by the flame giant Surt.
CANTO XIV.
In the first part of this canto Fritiof gives free expression to his
skepticism and to his contempt for the superstition of his day. See canto
VIII, lines 145, 196, 197, 255; canto XIII, stanzas 3, 13. Such
skepticism was common in Scandinavia just before the introduction of
Christianity.
91. _d�na_, for _d�na_.
123. _gudabloden_. Blod is neuter but here used as a gender noun.
175. _nidingsst�nger_ were pillars raised at crossroads or other
conspicuous places to mock an enemy or to indicate that he was held in
contempt by every one. At the top was the head of a horse and further
down were comic inscriptions giving the name of the despised person and
the nature of his offence.
179. _till lands_, on land, antiquated genitive. There are many similar
expressions in Swedish.
190. _Gudbrands d�ld_, the valley of Gudbrand in central Norway.
196. _springa_, break.
202. _Heimskringla_, the earth. Note the apt figure _Heimskringlas
panna_, meaning the Northland.
233. _sn�gar_, poetical form for _sn�ar_.
CANTO XV.
Stanza 3. _Kort �r hammarens skaft hos den segrande Tor_. The handle of
Tor's hammer, Mj�lner, was very short; in his conflicts with the giants
the god hurled it at the enemies. It always returned to his hand, no
matter how far he might hurl it. Frej's sword, referred to, had the power
of fighting successfully of its own accord as soon as it was drawn from
the sheath.
4. _den som stryker (segel)_, the one that lowers the sails, i.e.,
surrenders.
6. _Valfader_, Oden.
9. _nu_, equivalent to _om_.
15. _vill du h�lsas f�r v�r_, if you would be hailed as one of us.
15. _Ljungaren_, the thunderer, Tor.
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