[474]. Perhaps this means the sea.
[475]. We are not told about the Hersir.
[476]. Kund—a son, a kinsman.
[477]. Kon-ung = Konung = Kung = King.
[478]. Everlasting runes, probably more powerful runes than ordinary—runes that may have been only known to few.
[479]. To calm the sea by spell.
[480]. Some people were supposed to understand the language of birds.
[481]. From this we see that the business of a young king was war.
[483]. Greyiom: this is the dative form which is grey in nominative; the form grey hund also occurs (Fornmanna Sögur xi. 10.)