[162]. As a rule the foreroom (fyrirrúm) seems to have been before the mast, but on the Long Serpent this was not the case, as we can see from the above sentence, for there it was immediately in front of the lypting (poop).
[163]. Part is here omitted, referring to the sacrifice of Hakon’s son. See Vol. 1., page [367], “Sacrifices.”
[164]. A man who can see supernatural beings.
[165]. This practice was probably due to their not using a block; so that the head was held for the blow as described in the Saga.
[166]. Allusion to an incident when Björn after a fight in King Svein’s hall went in alone again to fetch one of his men who had been left inside.
[167]. Cf. also Ólaf Tryggvason, Fornmanna Sögur, i.
[168]. Cf. St. Olaf, c. 143.
[169]. Stigandi = the stepping one.
[170]. Cf. Hróa Thátt; Flateyjarbók, ii.; Landnamabók, iii.
[171]. Cf. Gretti’s Saga, c. 98.