15. höll mitt i hugget inne, stopped in the very act of striking.
16 törsten gör mig men, the thirst hurts me.
17-18. The description of Angantyr's hall is very much modernized by the poet.
20. som en ros i runa. May perhaps mean an embellished rune or a flower enclosed in a letter.
22. ej sitte fjärran från, should not sit far away.
23. Sikelö, Sicily.
24. Morven. Northern Scotland, which was often visited by vikings.
24. välska, Gaelic, the language spoken in the Scotch Highlands.
24. norräna tunga, Norse tongue, the common language of Scandinavia before and during the Viking period.
29. männer, archaic plural.