⁴¹ In all probability these are eponymous kings of Denmark. See “Atlakviða” St. 5.

⁴² The poem ends here abruptly. From the whole tenor of the poem we cannot doubt that Kon follows the advice of the bird (as does Sigurth in “Fáfnismál,”) and wins the lands of Dan and Danp. According to the synoptic account of the lost Skjǫldungasaga given by the learned Icelander, Arngrím Jónsson (1597), King Ríg married Dana, the daughter of Danpr of Danpstead, and their son Dan was the mythical king who united Denmark under one rule.