[48] Lit., 'will-giver,' i.e., the queen.
[49] i.e., her ornaments of gold.
[50] Gn.'s emendation.
[51] Here properly ends the legend of the Finding of the Cross. The last canto contains reflections of the poet.
[52] Gn.'s emendation.
[53] Lit.,'appled gold.'
[54] The words in italics are the names of the runes that make up the name CYNEWULF. This artificial use of words makes the interpretation obscure, and scholars differ about it.
[55] Or, 'those who.'
[56] Gn., Z.