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Page 66
CANTO XX.
Stanza 1. _Skinfaxe_, the shining steed of _Dag_, day.
3. _vingade h�sten_, the ship.
10. _rista geirs-odd_, to take one's own life by wounding oneself with a
lance.
13. _blodiga drotter_, bloody deeds of achievement.
13. _�tth�gens dotter_, the peace that awaits him in another world.
14. _gjallarhorn_, the trumpet of Heimdall, the sentry of the gods.
_Gjallarhornet_ can be heard to the remotest part of the world. Upon it
Heimdall would blow one terrific blast to summon the gods to the final
conflict in Ragnar�k.
CANTO XXI.
Stanza 4. _Vanadis_. Freja, having been born in Vanaheim, was also known
as Vanadis.
5. _b�rs�rk_. See canto XI: 5.
9. _dv�rgarnas dag-glans, drakarnas b�dd_, gold. The dwarfs and dragons
had a passionate desire for gold. _Dv�rgarnas dag-glans_ is an allusion
to the belief that the subterranean caves of the dwarfs were illuminated
by gold. _Drakarnas b�dd_ alludes to the supposition that all great
treasures in caves were guarded by fierce dragons, as Fafner. See canto
VIII: 164.
CANTO XXII.
Stanza 1. _Budkavlen_. Men were summoned to assemblies by staffs that
were inscribed with runes and passed from house to house.
7. _p� �ppet ting_. See canto VIII: 87.
11. _Odens �tt_. See canto I: 35.
16. _b�ndren_, regular form, _b�nderna_.
20. _sk�ldem�r_, shield maidens. The valkyrs were sometimes called norns.
20. _De bygga under tidens tr�d och ovanf�r_. This refers to the norns
who dwelt at the well of Urd by the world-tree Yggdrasil. But they also
determine the fate of men on earth. _Bygga_ means here build and dwell.
CANTO XXIII.
Stanza 2. _o, den som, aldrig gungat d�rupp�_! Note how Fritiof has
changed his mind regarding life on the sea. Contrast this with canto XII:
143 seq.; XIV: 65 seq.; XIX: 27 seq.
5. _Nidh�gg_, a dragon that was continually gnawing at the roots of
Yggdrasil in order to bring about the destruction of the gods.
5. _m�rkrets v�rld_, Nifelhem.
7. _fromme gud_, Balder.
9. _Angantyr_, a great warrior, who fell in a duel and was buried
together with his famous sword, Tyrfing. His daughter Hervor appealed to
him to give her the sword. This he did, at the same time predicting that
it would some day bring disaster upon her and upon her people.
13. _Breidablick_, Balder's glittering palace, the most beautiful hall in
Valhall. Its purity was such that nothing common or unclean could endure
within its confines.
14. _b�st som_, just as.
15. _m�r fr�n tidens k�lla_. See canto XXII: 20.
CANTO XXIII.
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