[31] Rune—literally, ‘a secret.’ [↑]

[32] Cp. the phrase ‘Welsh marches,’ i.e. the boundaries or limits of Wales. [↑]

[33] Cp. description of hunting in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Canto III. 2. [↑]

[34] Scyldings are the Danes. [↑]

[35] i.e. Unferth. [↑]

[36] Cp. Chapter [VIII]. [↑]

[37] i.e. Hrothgar. [↑]

[38] i.e. the sun. [↑]

[39] Hrothgar. [↑]

[40] Cp. pp. 66–68. [↑]