[204]. Breast.
[205]. Tyrfing.
[206]. Tyrfing.
[207]. I would wish thee to believe it.
[208]. Ships.
[209]. That Tyrfing was dangerous.
[210]. I visited the island of Samsö in order to see if I could discover any indication of the mound of Angantyr. This island stands in the middle of the great belt; it is only in clear weather that part of the coast of the peninsula of Jutland can be seen; its shores are in many parts lined with huge boulders. In some parts mounds, passage graves, dolmens, &c., are to be seen; everything tends to show that in olden times it was a great burial place. Many of the mounds are either hidden by woods, or stand solitary amidst cultivated fields. The scene described in Hervara came forcibly upon my mind, and I wondered not that Hervör knew not where the mound of her father was. This island was well chosen for the resting-place of these men of the sea.
[211]. The gyg (ogress, witch) seem to have been women of Jötun race, possessing supernatural strength.
[212]. Volsunga Saga. ch. 38; instead of a ship he is buried in a stone coffin, but the poetry must be more trusted.
[213]. Smear well with wax the sheets.