84. Vaulund was the most skillful smith among the dwarfs. He is called haltande, lame or limping, because Mimer's wife, who was his bitter enemy, had cut the tendons of his knees.
85. Tre mark höll han i vikt. It weighed three marks. A mark was approximately one half kilogram.
88. Alfhem, the realm of air between heaven and earth, was the home of the elves and of Frej.
90. Saga, wife of Oden and goddess of history. She dwelt in Sökvabäck beneath the stream of time and events, taking note of all she saw. Here Oden visited her daily to drink the pure water from golden beakers and listen to her songs about former days.
99. After the death of Balder (see note, canto I: 22) his body was burned on a great funeral pyre.
100. Glitner, "glittering hall," the home of Forsete, the god of justice.
110. Bretland, England.
111. satt sig med skepp, interred with ship and all.
114. draken. The viking ships were so called because in the prow were placed carved images of the dragon's head and the stern was made to resemble the dragon's tail.
164. Ägir, the god of the stormy sea.