17 In the original, this is the only half-line ending on an accented syllable.
18 Of those trying to escape.
19 Freely supplied by the Translator.
20 Compare with Atli’s dream (“Guðrúnarkviða” II, St. 43).
21 Gunnar and his wife Glaumvor.
22 The rendering of the last line is doubtful because of an evident lacuna in the text.