⁴⁴ This stanza is lacking in the original. We are able to reconstruct it from Snorri’s close paraphrase (“Gylfaginning,” Chap. 15). The eagle and the falcon possibly symbolize the watchfulness of the gods.

⁴⁵ “Rat Tusk.”

⁴⁶See “Vǫluspá,” Note 46. The dragon is here conceived as gnawing the roots of Yggdrasil. See St. 36.

⁴⁷ The following two stanzas are very likely interpolations.

⁴⁸ Conjecturally.

⁴⁹ These are, rather, dwarf names.

⁵⁰ Several of these names have reference to the burrowing activities of worms and snakes. The last two are names of Óthin; see St. 55 and note.