[35]. Compare Shakespeare—Shylock and the pound of flesh:

... No jot of blood;

The words expressly are “a pound of flesh.”

[36]. Freyja, whom the gods had promised the giant, was Oder’s wife.

[37]. Jack the Giant-killer.

[38]. The vala, or prophetess.

[39]. Odin.

[40]. Odin.

[41]. See Vocabulary under the word Mimer.

[42]. He who hardens the hide.