l. 1595. blondenfeax = grizzly-haired (Bright, Reader, p. 258); cf. Brunanb., l. 45 (Bright).
l. 1599. gewearð, impers. vb., = agree, decide = many agreed upon this, that, etc. (Ha., p. 55; cf. [ll. 2025-2027], 1997; B., Beit. xii. 97).
l. 1605. C. supposes wiston = wîscton = wished.—Beit. viii. 571.
l. 1607. broden mæl is now regarded as a comp. noun, = inlaid or damascened sword.—W., Ho.
l. 1611. wäl-râpas = water-ropes = bands of frost ([l. 1610]) (?). Possibly the Prov. Eng. weele, whirlpool. Cf. wæl, gurges, Wright, Voc., Gnom. Verses, l. 39.—E.
l. 1611. wægrâpas (Sw.) = wave-bands (Ha.).
l. 1622. B. suggests eatna = eotena, eardas, haunts of the giants (Northumbr. ea for eo).
l. 1635. cyning-holde (B., Beit. xii. 369); cf. [l. 290].
l. 1650. H., Gr., and Ettmüller understand idese to refer to the queen.
l. 1651. Cf. Anglia, iii. 74, Beit. xi. 167, for coincidences with the Grettir Saga (13th cent.).