Saga of Halfred the Sigskald Part 18

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: "Oski," in reality one of the special forms of Odin, is, in the Scandinavian mythology, the G.o.d who fulfils all the desires of men.]

[Footnote 2: Here the parchment is pierced through, and with different ink three crosses are signed over the burnt out part.]

[Footnote 3: Cup sacred to Bragi, the G.o.d of poetry. At the Yule feast the heathen were wont, while the Bragi cup was pa.s.sing round, to pledge themselves by vows to the performance of deeds of special danger or renown. They swore upon the Bragi cup, or upon the boar's head, which was the princ.i.p.al dish of the feast.]

[Footnote 4: A poetical expression of the Edda for the beginning of drunkenness.]

[Footnote 5: "Brisingamene," the necklace of Freya, the G.o.ddess of love, was the symbol of female charm and attraction.]

[Footnote 6: _i.e._ Peacebringer.]