Chapter 20

Stanza 4. _Vanadis_. Freja, having been born in Vanaheim, was also known as Vanadis.

5. _bärsärk_. See canto XI: 5.

9. _dvärgarnas dag-glans, drakarnas bädd_, gold. The dwarfs and dragons had a passionate desire for gold. _Dvärgarnas dag-glans_ is an allusion to the belief that the subterranean caves of the dwarfs were illuminated by gold. _Drakarnas bädd_ alludes to the supposition that all great treasures in caves were guarded by fierce dragons, as Fafner. See canto VIII: 164.