[133] sola saepe bombicans barbaros leudos arpa relidens (Mon. Germ., Auct. Antiquiss. Tom. IV i p. 2).
[134] κιθαριστῇ δὲ ἀγαθῷ ὄντι ᾠδή τις αὐτῷ ἐς ξυμφορὰν τὴν παροῦσαν πεποίηται, ἣν δὴ πρὸς κιθάραν θρηνῆσαί τε καὶ ἀποκλαῦσαι ἐπείγεται.
[135] antiquo etiam cantu maiorum facta modulationibus citharisque canebant, Respamarae, Hanalae, Fridigerni, Vidigoiae et aliorum quorum in hac gente magna opinio est, quales uix heroas fuisse miranda iactat antiquitas.
[136] quemadmodum et in priscis eorum carminibus pene historico ritu in commune recolitur.
[137] For a passage in Saxo Poeta which seems to indicate the existence of such poems cf. p. [6], note.
[138] At all events they had no kings when we first obtain definite information about them, towards the close of the following century.
[139] Son of Rögnvaldr, earl of Möre, and half-brother of Gönguhrólfr (Rollo), first earl of Normandy.
[140] In the Norse form of the story Hiarrandi is the name of Heðinn's father.
[141] Jordanes, cap. 49; cf. Beow. 3170 ff.
[142] Ekkehard's Waltharius of course belongs to a much earlier period, but it is not always clear what has been added by Ekkehard himself.