[72]About 630. See "Codex Exoniensis," Thorpe.
[73]Bede, IV. 24.
[74]Conybeare's "Illustrations," p. 271.
[75]Bretwalda was a species of warking, or temporary and elective chief of all the Saxons.—Tr.
[76]The Æsir (sing. As) are the gods of the Scandinavian nations, of whom Odin was the chief.—Tr.]
[77]Kemble, I. I. XII. In this chapter he has collected many features which show the endurance of the ancient mythology.
[78]Nástrand is the strand or shore of the dead.—Tr.
[79]Turner, "History of Anglo-Saxons," III. book 9, ch. 3, p. 271.
[80]Ibid. III. book o, ch. 3, p. 272.
[81]Turner, "History of Anglo-Saxons," III. book 9, ch. 3, p. 274.