87 “The Great God,” Óthin.
88 With which they had, of yore, played at draughts (St. 8).
89 One of Óthin’s names.
90 That is, divine future events as the priest of the gods. See “Hymiskviða,” St. 1 and note.
91 Ygg’s (Óthin’s) brothers are Vili and Vé. See “Lokasenna,” St. 26, and also Note 6, above.
92 A kenning for “the Heavens.”
93 “Gem-Roof” or “Fire-Shelter.” It is worthy of note that in the corresponding passage in “Gylfaginning,” Chap. 2, the abode of the blessed itself is called Gimlé, a fact which would lend strength to the former interpretation. It is difficult not to see in this stanza a reflection of the heavenly Jerusalem of the Apocalypse.