[100]. Gymir, a jotun of whom nothing is known.
[101]. A lady is still called fru all over Scandinavia.
[102]. In Icelandic Sagas housewife is hús-freyja; but in modern Icelandic, hús-frú.
[103]. i.e., mixed with water.
[104]. This would imply that Sweden was east of Vanaheim.
[105]. Cf. also Herraud and Bosi’s Saga, c. 1.
[106]. Cf. also Ynglinga Saga, and Prologue to Heimskringla.
[107]. The Ynglingatal is not given, as it is tedious, and would be uninteresting to the general reader.
[108]. Fródi had two sons, Ingjald and Hálfdán. From the first was descended the great Harald Hilditönn, who was defeated by his kinsman Sigurd Hring at the Bravalla-battle, see p. [368]. From the second was descended Harald Fairhair, the ancestor of the Dukes of Normandy, and so indirectly of Queen Victoria.
[109]. This was written after all the petty kingdoms of Denmark had been consolidated into one; the term Danish tongue at earlier periods did not exist, but Norrœna, or Northern tongue, was used instead.