16.[°] Rich, brave, etc. The Suderø version of the ballad here substitutes at the beginning of the line: "They were old and grey."
31.[°] The saddle-buckle, etc. In Lyngbye's version of the Ballad of Regin the Smith, v. 131 (omitted by Hammershaimb) the following stanza is found:
[Grani] sprang across the pool
And his saddle-buckle brake.
And as I ween that saddle-buckle
Nornagest did take.
In the Ballad of Regin the Smith we are told that the accident to Grani occurred when Sigurth was on his way home from Gnítaheið after slaying Fafnir. Grani was heavily laden with treasure and Sigurth also was mounted on him, so that the accident there appears perfectly natural.
In days, etc. So Hammershaimb. Lyngbye has:
In days gone by full far have I strayed