303. diktade i molnen, fancied and located in the clouds.
360. kung Helges syster. There is bitterness in Fritiof's parting words. Observe that later when Ingeborg's sound reasoning has convinced and calmed him he calls her kung Beles dotter.
380. Alltsen mitt väsen började att dagas. Ever since the dawn of my existence.
441. man diktat på mig, falsely attributed to me; måna'r, månader.
466. ger sitt liv till spillo. Sacrifices his life. Till spillo is an antiquated dative.
CANTO IX.
Stanza 2. det är lyckligt, får följa. Either som or det supplied before får.
4. Ej till hans möte: ej att möta honom. Not to meet him. This objective genitive occurs very seldom.
5. A fine example of the terse and striking expressions that are so numerous in Tegnér.
6. Falk. The custom of using the falcon in the hunt is very old in Scandinavia.