[22] Cf. C.P.B., i. p. 375, for double versions of part of Hamðismál, and of the Lay of Helgi. On pp. 377-379, parts of the two texts of Volospá—R and H—are printed side by side for comparison.
[23] Cf. Maldon, l. 45 sq., "Hearest thou what this people answer? They will pay you, for tribute, spears, the deadly point, the old swords, the weapons of war that profit you not," etc.
[24] C.P.B., i. p. 130.
[25] C.P.B., Introduction, p. lxxviii.
[26] The "Long Lay of Sigurd" has disappeared. Cf. Heusler, Die Lieder der Lücke im Codex Regius der Edda, 1902.
[27] From C.P.B., i. pp. 293, 294, with some modifications.
[28] From C.P.B., i. p. 307, with some changes.
[30] Grundtvig, Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, No. 70. See above, [p. 114].
[31] Compare the warning of Angantyr to Hervor when he gives her the sword Tyrfing—"Keep the sword sheathed, the slayer of Hialmar; touch not the edges, there is venom upon them"—and the magic sword Skofnung in Kormaks Saga.