[42] Literally: to him I should instantly offer my mouth, that is to say: kiss him.
[43] Quite literally: even though his mouth were in the blood of a wolf; that is to say: if it were besmeared with the blood of a wolf.
[44] More literally: I should give him a light squeezing of the hand.
[45] Quite literally: if the wind were as if possessing understanding.
[46] Properly: fetch.
[47] Literally: a word which were sufficient, they (the winds, the zephyrs) would set a-going, that is to say: they would alternatively bring between, etc (This verse forms, as it appears, in sense and thought, a parallelism with the preceeding verse. Such are not seldom met with in the Finlandian rune-poetry)
[48] Very-near: the gentlemen’s (the lord’s) meat.
[49] Quite literally: forget rather the roast-meats of the priest’s house.
[50] Or: attracted to me, that is to say: caused him to become attached to me.
[51] Or: tamed, that is to say: made him submit to my mind or will.