AMEN.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1]: "Oski," in reality one of the special forms of Odin, is, in the Scandinavian mythology, the god who fulfils all the desires of men.
[Footnote 2]: Here the parchment is pierced through, and with different ink three crosses are signed over the burnt out part.
[Footnote 3]: Cup sacred to Bragi, the god of poetry. At the Yule feast the heathen were wont, while the Bragi cup was passing round, to pledge themselves by vows to the performance of deeds of special danger or renown. They swore upon the Bragi cup, or upon the boar's head, which was the principal dish of the feast.
[Footnote 4]: A poetical expression of the Edda for the beginning of drunkenness.
[Footnote 5]: "Brisingamene," the necklace of Freya, the goddess of love, was the symbol of female charm and attraction.
[Footnote 6]: i.e. Peacebringer.