5. åt oss, for us.
6. fästa havsbrud, plight troth with the goddess of the sea.
7. kvad den, called it forth by incantation.
8. skepna'n, skepnaden.
8. är du gudars dotter. See canto III: 164 seq.
9. hålla sjön, keep afloat.
10. Efjesund, a sound in the Orkney Islands. Angantyr was jarl of the Orkneys.
11. havets mör, the waves, nine beautiful daughters of Ägir and Ran who delighted in playing all over the surface of their father's vast domain.
11. mjödhorn vandrande på guldfot. The drinking horns of the ancients often had metal supports.