²⁴ One misses a stanza here telling of what man cannot forearm against.

²⁵ English lacks a word for the one in the original here, meaning “having eaten one’s fill.”

²⁶ That is, he walks about anxiously, trying to find someone he may know or seek a favor from, like the vulture peering for his prey.

²⁷ See “Fáfnismál,” St. 17.