1. _Offue he dwelt in Uthiss-kier_, so MS. A. MS. B has "_Alff ... Odderskier_." MS. C. has "_Ulff ... Oderskier_." MS. D has "_Alff ... OdderskiÊr_." Axel Olrik, however, in the version which he prints in _Danske Folkeviser i Udvalg_, p. 105 f. has "Alf ... OdderskÊr." He explains (Introduction, p. 78) Alf to be 'a combination of Arngrim the father of the berserks and Hjalmar's foster-brother ÷rvarodd.' 7. _Gold shone on his hand._ The phrase is not quite clear. It may possibly refer to some personal ornament, but in view of the following line, would seem more probably to indicate that Angelfyr offered money to the King of Upsala. 11. _He is half a troll_, So A, which is in accordance with Angelfyr's ancestry as told in the _Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek_, ch. I. B and D, however, like the Faroese, have 'He is so vile a troll.' A gives little sense, considering the second half of the verse, and the whole becomes a meaningless formula in all the versions in which Angantyr and Hjalmar are described as brothers. 18. _Whom he himself will have._ Possibly _han_, 'he,' is a misprint for _hÛn_, 'she,' which is what we should expect. Cf. the _Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek_, ch. 3. One hardly expects a cynical touch like this in an authentic ballad. But the whole of the latter part of B may be a later version than the original. THE FAROESE BALLAD OF ARNGRIM'S SONS _Refrain._ I have adopted the refrain given in Hammershaimb's version of the Ballad, taken down on Sand¯ in 1848 and published in the _Antiq. TÌdss._, 1849-1851, rather than Svabo's version which he afterwards adopted, but which is very obscure and possibly corrupt. 2. _Bjarnaland_, so sing the Faroese according to both Svabo and Hammershaimb. By _Bjarnaland_ they mean Norway. Contrast, however, the _Saga of Hervˆr and Heithrek_, ch. 2, where we are distinctly told that Angantyr's mother was Eyfura who had been carried off by Arngrim from _Bjarmaland_ (i.e. the land of the Perms) where her father was king. See also the note on this passage. The Faroese have no doubt confused the unfamiliar name with one more familiar to themselves. 3. _Beneath oak trees live they_--a common ballad formula with no real significance. It is interesting, however, as a touch indicating the literary origin of this and other stories told in the Faroese ballads. As has been remarked (see p. 247 above) there are no trees on the Faroes. On the other hand farm houses in Scandinavian lands stand frequently beneath the shadow of a large oak. For a discussion of this subject, see Chadwick, _Cult of Othin_ (Cambridge, 1899), p. 72 ff. Compare the Scottish Ballad of _Rose the Red and White Lily_, v. 38: Then out and spak' the King again, Says, "Bonny boy, tell to me Who lives into yon bigly bow'r, Stands by yon green oak-tree?" 4. _Arngrim and the Earl's lady_, etc. So Svabo. In Hammershaimb's version (_Antiq. TÌdss._ 1849-1851) she is described as the daughter of Angantyr.