75-87. Most scholars agree that these lines are interpolated, since they do not fit in with the rest of the poem. 75. _Serings:_ possibly Syrians. 78. _Welsh:_ a term applied to the Romans by the Old English writers. 79. The _Scride-Finns_ were settled in northern Norway--not in Finland, where the main body of Finns were found. They are perhaps to be identified with the modern Lapps. 80. _Lidwicingas:_ the inhabitants of Armorica. _Longobards._ See v. 32. 81. The _Hundings_ are also mentioned in line 23. 84, 85. _Myrging._ See line 4. 86. _East Thuringians._ Probably those Thuringians dwelling in the sixth century east of the Elbe. 87. _Istians._ Probably the Esthonians mentioned in the _Voyage of Wulfstan_. (See p. 194, line 151, below.) The _Idumingas_ were neighbors of the Istians. Both were probably Lettish or Lithuanian tribes. 88. _Eormanric._ See note to v. 8, above. 93. _Eadgils_ was king of the Myrgings. 97. _Ealhhild._ See note to v. 5, above. She was (v. 98) daughter of Eadwine, King of the Lombards (v. 74). The meaning here is not absolutely clear, but Chambers makes a good case for considering her the wife of Eormanric. He thinks that she followed her husband's gift to Widsith by a gift of another ring, in return for which Widsith sings her praises. 112, 113. _Emerca_ and _Fridla_, the _Harlungs_, were murdered by their uncle, Eormanric. _East-Gota_, or Ostrogotha, the king of the united Goths in the middle of the third century, was a direct ancestor of Eormanric. 115. _Becca._ See note to v. 8. _Seafola_ and _Theodoric_: probably Theodoric of Verona and his retainer, Sabene of Ravenna. On the other hand, the references may be to Theoderic the Frank. (See v. 24.) 116. _Sifeca:_ probably the evil councillor who brought about the murder by Eormanric of his nephews, the Harlungs. (See vv. 112, 113, note.) 117-119. These names are all very obscure. 120. _Hraedas:_ the Goths. 121. The struggle between the Goths and the Huns did not actually occur in the Vistula wood, but after the Goths had left the Vistula. 124, 130. _Wudga_ and _Hama_. The typical outlaws of German tradition. Hama appears in _Beowulf_ (v. 1198) as a fugitive who has stolen the Brising necklace and fled from Eormanric. Wudga, the Widia of _Waldhere_ (B, vv. 4, 9) came finally to be known for his treachery. He was connected with the court of Theodoric and received gifts from him, but he is later represented as having betrayed the king. The traditions about both of these men are badly confused. 135-143. One of the passages that give us a definite impression of the scop, or minstrel, and his life. It serves very well for the conclusion of a poem descriptive of the life of a minstrel. DEOR'S LAMENT [Critical text and translation: Dickins, _Runic and Heroic Poems_, Cambridge University Press, 1915, p. 70.