CANTO XXI.
Stanza 4. Vanadis. Freja, having been born in Vanaheim, was also known as Vanadis.
5. bärsärk. See canto XI: 5.
9. dvärgarnas dag-glans, drakarnas bädd, gold. The dwarfs and dragons had a passionate desire for gold. Dvärgarnas dag-glans is an allusion to the belief that the subterranean caves of the dwarfs were illuminated by gold. Drakarnas bädd alludes to the supposition that all great treasures in caves were guarded by fierce dragons, as Fafner. See canto VIII: 164.