[6] Men drowned at sea were thought to go to the halls of Pan and Aegir. Ran is represented as fishing for heroes in time of storm.
[7] The Norns were the Fates of the northern mythology.
[8] The “Witanagemot,” the representative assembly for the kingdom, whence our Parliament sprang.
[9] The greatest term of reproach for a coward.
[10] The gold ring kept in the Temple of the Asir, on which all oaths must be sworn.
[11] The sanctuary of the Asir. Thorsway and Withern in Lincolnshire both preserve the name in the last and first syllable respectively, both meaning “Thor’s sanctuary.”
[12] The northern equivalent of the Saxon “Folkmote,” or general assembly of the people.