[Footnote 49: That is, when they came to spin that period of his
destiny.]
[Footnote 50: Kolga Systir. Kolga was one of the daughters of Oeglr
and Ran; they were the waves.]
[Footnote 51: Literally _ring-breakers, or-dispensers_.]
[Footnote 52: It would appear that their swords were of bronze.]
[Footnote 53: Hugin's grove. The raven's grove, i.e., the battlefield,
strewed with corpses, the raven's food.]