13. innan kort, before long.
14. drog på jakt. Idiomatic expression for "went hunting."
17. Valhall(a), the home of the gods and the palace of Oden. Hither one half of the heroes that fell in battle were carried by the valkyrs. Here they spent their time in feasting and fighting.
18. ett kornland, som för vinden går. A field of grain that waves before the wind.
19. Idun(a), wife of Brage and keeper of the golden apples of youth.
20. Frigg(a), the wife of Oden and queen of the goddesses. She was the goddess of conjugal and motherly love.
21. Gerd(a), wife of Frej, was the daughter of a giant, but nevertheless renowned for her wonderful beauty.
22. Nanna, wife of Balder, personified pure and tender love. Balder was the fair god who loved light and lived a life of purity and innocence. The evil Loke induced Balder's blind brother, Öder, to throw an arrow of mistletoe at him and he fell dead. When Nanna saw the body of her dead husband carried out to the funeral pyre, her heart burst with grief.
23. Hel(a), goddess of death and ruler of nine worlds in Nifelhem. She received all that died of sickness or old age, but it seems that others also came to her abode. In the deepest abyss of her kingdom was a place of punishment for the wicked. From her name comes the word "hell" and Swedish ihjäl (att slå ihjäl, to kill).
32. Oden, oldest and highest god of the Northern races. His spirit pervaded everything. He is the source of the higher forms of life.