³⁷ That is, unless I see him back in the light of day, alive.

³⁸ At early dawn. See “Grímnismál,” St. 26. The same simile occurs in “Guðrúnarkviða” I, St. 18, and “Guðrúnarkviða” II, St. 2.

³⁹ As Gering observes, the sentíment here expressed is altogether unbecoming Helgi as spoken to a brave foe felled in honorable combat, since it goes straight counter to Northern conceptions of etiquette. The stanza is probably a fragment of a flyting between Sinfjotli and Hunding before battle.