Stansa 2. _med kappor över öga_. The falcons were trained for the hunt by
starving them and keeping a hood over their eyes. This was removed just
before the bird was released. It then rose perpendicularly and started in
pursuit of its prey.
3. _Rota_, a valkyr.
5. _Odens sal_, heaven.
5. _valkyrjan_, the huntress.
7. _Grubblar viking_. This has a conditional meaning; _om_ implied before
the clause.
9. _Ty de hata mänskors ätter_. Fritiof had changed his ideas about the
gods. See canto VIII: 235.
13-15. The birds give expression to Fritiof's own thoughts.
16. _I, som aldrig skulle_. The easier conversational form _skulle_ is
here used, rather than _skullen_, which the strict adherence to
grammatical forms would require.
17. _Nifelhem_, the abode of mist and darkness.
25. _varg i veum_, wolf in the temple, i. e., profaner of the sanctuary.