_Mountains of Harvathi._ It is thought that _Harvathi_ may be the early Teutonic name for the Carpathians--a reminiscence of Gothic times. _Humli and Hlˆth._ These names may be compared with _Humblus_ and _Lotherus_, two sons of Dan, the first kings mentioned in Saxo Grammaticus, _Dan. Hist._, p. 1. For the name _Hlˆ_ cf. also note to ch. 7, p. 238. _Poem._ For this poem on the battle between the Goths and the Huns, see Heusler, _Eddica Minora_, p. vii ff., and notes. In part at least it appears to be very old. _Myrkvith._ The forest _Myrkvith_ is mentioned also in _Atlakvia_, str. 3, 5, and 13; and in _Helgakvia Hundingsbana_, I, str. 53. _Pillar_, lit. 'stone.' I do not know what is meant. Possibly _Gur˙narkvia_ III, str. 3 may be compared. _Danaper's Shore._ _Danpr_ is treated as a personal name in _RÌgs˛ula_, str. 49, but it is more likely to have been originally the name of the River Dnieper (mentioned by Jordanes, _The Origins and Deeds of the Goths_, ch. 5, 52, as _Danaper_), which was within the territories of the Goths in the fourth century. XIII. _Gizur._ There appear to be reminiscences of this story in Saxo, Book V, e.g. in regard to the numbering of the Hunnish forces. _Gizur_ seems to correspond to Eric in Saxo p. 190 f. It has been suggested that he is Othin in disguise. _Hazle stakes._ Cf. the _Th·ttr of Nornagest_, ch. 7 (note). XIV. _They rode forthwith ... against the Huns._ It has been suggested by Heinzel that this battle between the Goths and the Huns was the great battle fought on the Catalaunian Plain in 451 A.D.; but the passage in _Widsi_ cited on p. 238 points rather to Poland. _Drew ... lips_, lit. 'drew back his moustache.' _Dunheith_ and the other place names are unknown. XV. _The Goths were defending_, etc. Cf. _Widsi˛_, l. 121 ff. XVI. _Ivar Vithfathmi._ For Ivar Vithfathmi and his family, see _Ynglingasaga_, chs. 44, 45, and the first fragment of _Skjˆldunga Saga_ (printed in the _Fornaldar Sˆgur_, I, p. 285 ff.), chs. 1-3. _Harold Hilditˆnn._ The fullest account of Harold Hilditˆnn is that given by Saxo Grammaticus, _Dan. Hist._, p. 296 ff. See also the fragments of the _Skjˆldunga Saga_, ch. 4 ff. _Gautland_, i.e. the Land of the _Geatas_ in _Beowulf_, the modern Gˆtaland (whether Vestergˆtland or ÷stergˆtland or both), comprising roughly speaking the southern portions of Sweden, exclusive of the Danish districts (Skaane etc). _Harold of the Red Moustache._ He was King of Agthir. A daughter of his, also called ¡sa, was married to Guthrˆth, King of Vestfold--the _Godefridus_ who fought against Charlemagne and died in 810. See _Ynglingasaga_, ch. 53. Their son was H·lfdan the Black, the father of Harold the Fairhaired. _Sigurth Hring._ See the _Th·ttr of Nornagest_, ch. 7 and note. _Battle of Br·vˆll._ The chief accounts of this battle are to be found in the second fragment of the _Skjˆldunga Saga_, ch. 8 f. (see above); and in Saxo Grammaticus, _Dan. Hist._, pp. 309 ff.