[562]. See chapter on Foster-brotherhood. Vol. ii. p. [61].
[563]. In the second song of Helgi, stanza 31, an oath upon a stone is mentioned; these holy stones may have meant hörgs.
[564]. This shows the large size of some of the halls.
[565]. Her brothers.
[566]. From stanza 2 we see that the kettle was consecrated. Stanza 5 shows the accuser had to go through the ordeal also.
[567]. They drowned her in a mire.
[568]. Einvigi Kormak, c. 10.
[569]. On Holmganga, Egil, 67.
[570]. Cf. also Gisli Sursson’s Saga.
[571]. Cf. Svarfdæla Saga.