⁵¹ Which was frequently resorted to in revenge.

⁵² Literally, “render the last services to the dead;” which in heathen times consisted in closing the nostrils, eyes, and mouth of the departed.

⁵³ All this according to Christian custom and sentiment: the stanza is interpolated.

⁵⁴ He may ponder revenge even though having consented to accept “weregild” for the slain.

⁵⁵ Conjectural.

⁵⁶ A dark hint of Sigurth’s early death.