[xvi] The "twilight of the Gods", when the Asir were to fight against the powers of evil, and a new order should commence.
[xvii] The Danes traced their origin back to a great migration from the East, under Odin. Their priesthood was vested in the head of the tribe after the ancient patriarchal custom.
[xviii] The great representative Council from which our Parliament sprang.
[xix] Four degrees of kingship are spoken of in the Sagas, the highest being the overlord, to whom the lesser kings paid tribute. The "kings of the host" came third in rank, the "sea kings" last, these being usually sons of under kings, to whom a ship or two had been given.
[xx] Now Peterborough.
[xxi] Tribute.
[xxii] "The King's Guardian."