CANTO IX.
Stanza 2. det är lyckligt, får följa. Either som or det supplied before får.
4. Ej till hans möte: ej att möta 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 Tegnér.
6. Falk. The custom of using the falcon in the hunt is very old in Scandinavia.
8. Öder, 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 Öder in the South, sitting under the myrtle tree; hence the custom that every bride in Scandinavia must wear a crown of myrtle.