CANTO XIX.
Stansa 2. med kappor över öga. The falcons were trained for the hunt by starving them and keeping a hood over their eyes. This was removed just before the bird was released. It then rose perpendicularly and started in pursuit of its prey.
3. Rota, a valkyr.
5. Odens sal, heaven.
5. valkyrjan, the huntress.
7. Grubblar viking. This has a conditional meaning; om implied before the clause.
9. Ty de hata mänskors ätter. Fritiof had changed his ideas about the gods. See canto VIII: 235.
13-15. The birds give expression to Fritiof's own thoughts.
16. I, som aldrig skulle. The easier conversational form skulle is here used, rather than skullen, which the strict adherence to grammatical forms would require.
17. Nifelhem, the abode of mist and darkness.
25. varg i veum, wolf in the temple, i. e., profaner of the sanctuary.