[67] Alludes to Skirnir’s name, derived from skirna (to clear up, to brighten).
[68] Frey is sometimes called Freyr.
[69] By this the poet means, no doubt, that the pearl and coral divers, from their being accustomed to remain for a long time under water, are less liable to be drowned than other people.
[70] By Ervin’s minster is meant the steeple of the cathedral of Strasburgh, built by Ervin of Steinbach.
[71] The nature of the message given by Odin to Hermod has been already related in the 15th Canto.
NOTES TO THE NINETEENTH CANTO.
Specimen of the metre.
Fra Valaskialf gik Odin nu i den naeste Hal;
Der vented ham Einheriar, de stod i tusindtal: