They attacked me with iron clubs.
The meaning of this, according to Finn Magnussen, is, that the noxious vapours and tempest on Hlesey were dispersed by a thunderstorm; and the iron clubs denote hailstones.
[34] The apple of Iduna. See the Catalogue.
NOTES TO THE SIXTH CANTO.
Specimen of the original.
Da nu den Helt hi̱n svare
Midt udi Marken stod,
Alt under Himlen klare,
Med Blomster ved sin Fod, etc.
[35] The circumstance of the dwarf’s face being veiled, means, that the thought of Utgard-Lok could not be divined by Thor.