[120] In this and the four following strophes the person alluded to is their half-brother Erp, of whose story nothing more is known. He, it appears, had preceded or outridden the others.
[121] Malmesbury relates a similar story of King Æthelstan and his cupbearer.
[122] Lit. wolf-trees; a fugitive criminal being called vargr wolf.
[123] According to the Skalda it would appear that they cut off his hands and feet while he was asleep. Erp, had they not murdered him, was to have cut off his head.
[124] Odin, as in the battle of Bravalla.