[445]. Cf. also Sigrdrifumal.

[446]. Sacrifice to.

[447]. This passage seems to imply that those who believed in their own strength only made the sign of Thor.

[448]. Athletic and mental exercises. See vol. ii., p. [369].

[449]. Cf. also Gulathing’s Law, c. 29.

[450]. This refers to stealing the mead.

[451]. Frey and Freyja.

[452]. Olaf Tryggvason.

[453]. Buandi, plural buendr; bondi, plural bendr; bóandi, plural bóendr. These are different forms of the same name; the transition from buandi to bóandi and then to bondi is easily traced. The form to-day is bonde. The original meaning is a dweller; the verb to dwell is búa—bjó—búid.

[454]. Indemnity, see p. [544].