l. 169. ne ... wisse: _nor had he desire to do so_ (W.). See Ha., p. 7, for other suggestions. l. 169. myne wisse occurs in _Wanderer_, l. 27. l. 174. The gerundial inf. with tô expresses purpose, defines a noun or adjective, or, with the verb be, expresses duty or necessity passively; cf. ll. 257, 473, 1004, 1420, 1806, etc. Cf. tô + inf. at ll. 316, 2557. ll. 175-188. E. regards this passage as dating the time and place of the poem relatively to the times of heathenism. Cf. the opening lines, _In days of yore_, etc., as if the story, even then, were very old. l. 177. gâst-bona is regarded by Ettmüller and G. Stephens (_Thunor_, p. 54) as an epithet of Thor (= _giant-killer_), a kenning for Thunor or Thor, meaning both _man_ and _monster_.--E. l. 189. Cf. l. 1993, where similar language is used. H.-So. takes both môd-ceare and mæl-ceare as accus., others as instr. ll. 190, 1994. seáð: for this use of seóðan cf. Bede, _Eccles. Hist._, ed. Miller, p. 128, where p. p. soden is thus used. l. 194. fram hâm = _in his home_ (S., H.-So.); but fram hâm may be for fram him (_from them_, i.e. _his people_, or _from Hrothgar's_). Cf. Ha., p. 8. l. 197. Cf. ll. 791, 807, for this fixed phrase. l. 200. See _Andreas, Elene_, and _Juliana_ for swan-râd (_= sea_). "The swan is said to breed wild now no further away than the North of Sweden." --E. Cf. ganotes bäð, l. 1862. l. 203. Concessive clauses with þeáh, þeáh þe, þeáh ... eal, vary with subj. and ind., according as fact or contingency is dominant in the mind; cf. ll. 526, 1168, 2032, etc. (subj.), 1103, 1614 (ind.). Cf. gif, nefne. l. 204. hæl, an OE. word found in Wülker's Glossaries in various forms, = _augury, omen, divination_, etc. Cf. hælsere, _augur_; hæl, _omen;_ hælsung, _augurium_, hælsian, etc. Cf. Tac., _Germania_, 10. l. 207. C. adds "= _impetrare_" to the other meanings of findan given in the Gloss. l. 217. Cf. l. 1910; and _Andreas_, l. 993.--E. E. compares Byron's "And fast and falcon-like the vessel flew," --_Corsair_, i.17. and Scott's "Merrily, merrily bounds the bark." --_Lord of the Isles_, iv. 7. l. 218. Cf. "The fomy stedes on the golden brydel Gnawinge." --Chaucer, _Knightes Tale_, l. 1648, ed. Morris. l. 219. Does ân-tîd mean _hour_ (Th.), or _corresponding hour_ = ând-tîd (H.-So.), or _in due time_ (E.), or _after a time_, when ôþres, etc., would be adv. gen.? See C., _Beit._ viii. 568. l. 224. eoletes may = (1) _voyage_; (2) _toil, labor_; (3) _hurried journey;_ but _sea_ or _fjord_ appears preferable. ll. 229-257. "The scenery ... is laid on the coast of the North Sea and the Kattegat, the first act of the poem among the Danes in Seeland, the second among the Geats in South Sweden."--Br., p. 15.