²⁰ “Daughter-in-Law.” See the description of Thór as a bride in “ƿrymskviða,” St. 19.

²¹ Probably interpolated: the dealing out of rings is typical of the nobility, not the common people (see “Helgakviða Hundingsbana” I, Note 24). The exchange of rings as in the Christian marriage ceremony (which has been suggested) seems utterly foreign to the passage.

²² Possibly referring to unknown fashions of wearing the beard.

²³ Nickname of the burly, proud farmer.

²⁴ South is the direction of good omen. The Old Icelandic door raised up-and-down, on hinges. It is raised, in the house of the noble, to indicate his hospitality. The ring served as knocker.

²⁵ Probably as an outward sign of leisure.

²⁶ The bow made of elmwood.