129. Var, the goddess of plighted troth. She recorded the solemn promises of lovers and the marriage vows and avenged any violation of the same.
135. Balders Nanna. See canto I: 22.
145. sår högens säd, sows the seed of the funeral mound, i. e., takes life.
164. Vidar, the silent god, who next to Tor was the strongest among the asar. He avenges Oden in Ragnarök.
187. den dagen … från min runstav tagen. The early Scandinavians had some sort of calendars, consisting of runes carved on a staff.
198. Lofn, the mild and good goddess, and the deity of matrimony.
199. vite guden, Balder.
200. så när som, except.
CANTO XIII.
Stanza 2. då rår Höder för världen, then Höder (Öder) rules the world.
Höder, the blind brother of Balder, is the god of night and darkness.