[771]. Vaulu Spá, st. 56.

[772]. Ibid. st. 57.

[773]. Wafþrudnis Mál, st. 47. Álfröðul is a name of the Sun, and is said to denote divine splendour. Edd. Lex. Myth. in voc.

[774]. Vaulu Spá, st. 57, 58, 59, 60.

[775]. Vaulu Spá, st. 62.

[776]. MS. Corp. Christi, No. 179.

[777]. See Salomon and Saturn, p. 177. It may be observed here that the feminine gender of the sun, and masculine of the moon, have their origin in our heathen mythology.

[778]. Freydanck, Beschied. p. 8.

[779]. From which form we must conclude for the reading Scyldu (as Wudu, Duru).

[780].