[5.—Page 425, stanza xcvi.]

The Læca shines beside the bautasten.

The Scin Læca, or shining corpse, that was seen before the bautasten, or burial-stone of a dead hero, was supposed to possess prophetic powers, and to guard the treasures of the grave.

[6.—Page 429, stanza cxxiii.]

Thy post with Odin—mine with Managarm!

Managarm, the Monster Wolf (symbolically, war). "He will be filled with the blood of men who draw near their end," &c. (Prose Edda).

[7.—Page 430, stanza cxxxii.]

And the last Fire-God and the Flaming Sword!

"And the last Fire-God and the Flaming Sword," i.e., Surtur the genius, who dwells in the region of fire (Muspelheim), whose flaming sword shall vanquish the gods themselves in the last day. (Prose Edda).

[8.—Page 431, stanza cxxxv.]