9. nu, equivalent to om.
15. vill du hälsas för vår, if you would be hailed as one of us.
15. Ljungaren, the thunderer, Tor.
CANTO XVI.
Stanza 4. holmgång, a duel, so called because originally fought on a small island (holme).
8. Hagbart, a Norse sea king, was secretly betrothed to Signe, daughter of Sigar, king of Seeland, who caused Hagbart to be captured and hanged. Signe then put fire to her chamber and perished in the flames. The tragic story formed a popular theme for Scandinavian bards.
8. rista blodörn, inscribe the blood eagle. This was a monstrous practice by which the Northmen sometimes wreaked vengeance upon their fallen enemies. The ribs were severed from the spinal column and bent outward in the form of wings and salt poured into the wounds, whereupon the entrails were torn out.
CANTO XVII.
Stanza 6. helt mycket, a great deal.
6. I Ånger är jag uppfödd, seq. Fritiof's dejection blinds his eyes to the happy conditions of his boyhood and youth. What he says is not true. Compare with cantos I and III.