18. The progressive mood is often thus expressed in questions by an interposed verb, like gå, stå, sitta, between the principal verb and its object, where English requires an adverbial clause in addition to the progressive form. Thus, vad sitter du och tänker på—what are you thinking of (as you are sitting there)? The sense of the line in the text is, what are you pondering on, while walking thus alone?
26. den slående björnen, in prose usually slagbjörnen, the large, man-eating bear.
33. tiljan, in apposition with strålen (line 30).
VINTERHÄLSNING.
3. Apoll, irregular form of Apollo.
5-6. The incongruous combination nordanvinden—eld och läge has the force of an oxymoron.
7. Cupid, regularly written Cupido or Kupido.
10. sexton grindar, the sixteen points of the compass familiar to navigators.
29. Hövding, ryck an—the North Wind here, as throughout, personifies the spirit and genius of the North, manifested in manhood and honor (lines 13-14), power and beauty (31-32), song and action (28, 34-36).