The piece of earth after them,
To form the favourite island.”
[75] The etymology of Sealand, called formerly and more properly Sœlund, is from the Danish words sœ (sea) and lund (grove).
[76] Œresund is the appellation for what other nations call the Sound par excellence; for sund means a channel or strait.
NOTES TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CANTO.
In the original, this Canto is written in the classic hexameter, which seems to suit wonderfully well the Danish and Swedish languages.
Specimen of the metre.
Men da Maane bag Field var flygtet, haeftig forfulgt af
Maanegarm, den bevingede Trold, som stedse den aengster,
Meest usynlig for Menneskers Bli̱k, dog stundum i Regnsky