²⁵ The reference probably is to that famous Hild who was the cause of everlasting combat between her father, King Hogni, and her lover, Hethin, the so-called Battle of the Hjathnings (“Skáldskaparmál,” Chap. 47). However, the line is doubtful. The entire stanza is probably a later interpolation.

²⁶ A red-glowing morning sky betokens carnage, as in “The Song of the Valkyries” (“Darraðarljóð”), Njáls saga, Chap. 157.

²⁷ The meaning of the second half of the stanza is obscure. Possibly, Sinfjotli begins to taunt him, “your lands and treasures are as good as won.”