[348]. Meaning that his kinsmen are round him like a sheltering wall.
[349]. I.e., he sees the seat of his son empty.
[350]. Björn = Thor. The women of Björn = the Troll women.
[351]. We see the custom of slave-women.
[352]. Breast, called here the burg of the mind.
[353]. Geirlauk.
[354]. Odin.
[355]. To be an old maid seems to have been looked upon as a curse.
[356]. Speech runes.
[357]. One of the Nornir, representing the past.