¹ The hero child is born in a tempestuous hour—eagles screaming (in anticipation of carnage) and rain pouring down from the “fells of heaven.” The names seem symbolic. See also “Helgakviða Hjǫrvarþssonar,” St. 6 and Note 10.

² King Sigmund’s wife. See St. 6 below, and “Helgakviða Hundingsbana” II, Introductory Prose.

³ The fate-thread spinning of the norns is here taken literally.

⁴ Accepting Grundtvig’s emendation.