5. altarrunden. The pagan temples had no altars. The figure is borrowed from the modern temple.
5. offerlunden. The Norse temples were usually surrounded by sacred groves.
8. hon; antecedent is endräkt.
8. som ringen på lansen. This refers to the metal ring that served to hold the point of the lance to the lance itself and thus gave it greater strength.
11. På pelarstoder fyra. According to Scandinavian mythology the heavens were supported by four dwarfs, Austre, East, Västre, West, Nordre, North, and Södre, South.
13. Nog svika lungans tecken i offrad falk. This assumes that the Norsemen read signs by observing the entrails of animals. Authorities differ on this point. Some maintain that the poet has here merely borrowed from classical mythology.
13. flärd är mången runa, som skärs på balk. Meaningless or deceptive is many a rune that is cut in the staff. The early Northmen believed that the will of the gods could be ascertained by writing runes on sticks of wood which then were thrown on the ground and read by the priests.
18. hur vis han het (heter). Expression is equivalent to "Hur vis han än må heta."
18. högbänk. In the primitive Scandinavian homes benches were placed along the four walls. The men had their places along the long walls (långsidor) and the women along the end walls (kortsidor). At the center of the two long walls were high seats of honor. The master of the house occupied the one on the north side and the chief guest the one on the south side.
21. till Oden gå, to die.