Chapter 8

Stanza 2. _det är lyckligt, får följa_. Either _som_ or _det_ supplied before _får_.

4. _Ej till hans möte: ej att möta honom_. Not to meet him. This objective genitive occurs very seldom.

5. A fine example of the terse and striking expressions that are so numerous in Tegnér.

6. _Falk_. The custom of using the falcon in the hunt is very old in Scandinavia.

8. _Öder_, the faithless and restless husband of Freja. Once when he left her and remained away a long time she sought him in all lands. The tears she wept while on this sad errand were so precious that they turned to gold; hence this metal is found in all lands. According to one version of the story, she finally found Öder in the South, sitting under the myrtle tree; hence the custom that every bride in Scandinavia must wear a crown of myrtle.