l. 1371. "seleð is not dependent on ær, for in that case it would be in the subjunctive, but ær is simply an adverb, correlative with the conjunction ær in the next line: 'he will (sooner) give up his life, before he will,' etc."--Sw. l. 1372. Cf. ll. 318 and 543 for willan with similar omitted inf. l. 1373. heafola is found only in poetry.--Sw. It occurs thirteen or fourteen times in this poem. Cf. the poetic gamol, swât (l. 2694), etc., for eald, blôd. l. 1391. uton: hortatory subj. of wîtan, _go_, = _let us go;_ cf. French _allons_, Lat. _eamus_, Ital. _andiamo_, etc. + inf. Cf. ll. 2649, 3102. l. 1400. H. is dat. of person indirectly affected, = advantage. l. 1402. geatolîc probably = _in his equipments_, as B. suggests (_Beit._ xii. 83), comparing searolîc. ll. 1402, 1413 reproduce the wk. form of the pret. of gân (Goth, _gaggida_). Cf. _Andreas_, l. 1096, etc. l. 1405. S. (_Beit._ ix. 140) supplies [þær heó] gegnum fôr; B. (_ibid._ xii. 14) suggests hwær heó. l. 1411. B., Gr., and E. take ân-paðas = paths wide enough for only one, like Norwegian _einstig_; cf. stîge nearwe, just above. _Trail_ is the meaning. Cf. enge ânpaðas, uncûð gelâd, _Exod._ (Hunt), l. 58. l. 1421. Cf. oncýð, l. 831. The whole passage (ll. 1411-1442) is replete with suggestions of walrus-hunting, seal-fishing, harpooning of sea-animals (l. 1438), etc. l. 1425. E. quotes from the 8th cent. Corpus Gloss., "_Falanx_ foeða." l. 1428. For other mention of nicors, cf. ll. 422, 575, 846. E. remarks, "it survives in the phrase 'Old Nick' ... a word of high authority ... Icel. _nykr_, water-goblin, Dan. _nök, nisse_, Swed. _näcken_, G. _nix, nixe_, etc." See Skeat, _Nick._ l. 1440. Sw. reads gehnæged, _prostrated_, and regards nîða as gen. pl. "used instrumentally," = _by force._ l. 1441. -bora = _bearer, stirrer;_ occurs in other compds., as mund-, ræd-, wæg-bora. l. 1447. him = _for him_, a remoter dative of reference.--Sw. l. 1455. Gr. reads brondne, = _flaming_. l. 1457. león is the inf. of lâh; cf. onlâh (< onleón) at l. 1468. lîhan was formerly given as the inf.; cf. læne = læhne. l. 1458. Cf. the similar dat. of possession as used in Latin. l. 1458. H.-So. compares the Icelandic saga account of Grettir's battle with the giant in the cave. häft-mêce may be = Icel. _heptisax_ (_Anglia_, iii. 83), "hip-knife." l. 1459. "The sense seems to be 'pre-eminent among the old treasures.' ... But possibly foran is here a prep. with the gen.: 'one before the old treasures.'".--Sw. For other examples of foran, cf. ll. 985, 2365. l. 1460. âter-teárum = _poison-drops_ (C., _Beit._ viii. 571; S., _ibid_. xi. 359). l. 1467. þät, comp. relative, = _that which_; "we testify _that_ we do know." l. 1480. forð-gewitenum is in appos. to me, = _mihi defuncto_.--M. Callaway, _Am. Journ. of Philol._, October, 1889.