[85]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danorum, lib. viii. p. 162–164.
[86]. These giants are famous in the Scandinavian mythology. “From the wings of one,” says the lay of Vafthrudnis, “whose abode is in the extremity of the heavens, and who has the eagle’s form, comes all the wind that blows on mankind.”—Edda Sæmundar hinns Froda, 1-21.
[87]. To us these proverbs seem to have no great merit: they are, however, somewhat obscure.
[88]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danica, lib. viii. p. 164, &c.
[89]. Query, Had Scott this legend in view when, in his Harold the Dauntless, he takes the Durham witch to the place where Zernabek was to be invoked?
[91]. Mallet, Histoire de Dannemarc, tom. iii. Saga af Olaf Trygveson (apud Snorronem, Heimskringla, tom. i.). Saxonis Grammatici Hist. Dan., lib. viii., ix.
[92]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danica, lib. ix. Mallet, Histoire, tom. iii.
[93]. Sigurd and Siward are frequently conversive.