_Horse-fed_, cropped by horses. _Horse-herd_, keeper of horses. "Herd" means any keeper of animals, and is generally joined with other words, e.g. shepherd, swine-herd. _Huddled_, twisted together in a small space. _Intent_, intention, purpose. In the passage, "For whom is the blood-point whetted and the edge of thine intent?" the meaning is, "Against whom is thy sword sharpened, and against whom is thy purpose so keen?" _Kin_, family, relations. _Kin of the Wolf_, Loki and his children, one of whom was a monstrous wolf which was to fight against the gods at Ragnarok. _Kine_, cattle. _Kirtle_, a long cloak. _Lack_, loss, e.g. "He knew there was ruin and lack." "The lack that made him loth" is used to describe the ring of Andvari which he was unwilling to give up with the rest of his treasure to Loki. n. "To be without," or, "to be found wanting." _Lay_, a song. _Lea_, a meadow. _Leeches_, doctors. _Lief_, willing. _Lift_, the arch of the sky overhead, the highest part of the sky. _Linden_, the lime-tree. _Linked mail_, armour made of rings linked together. _Lintel_, the top of a doorway. _List_, to wish, to choose. _Litten_, lighted up; cf. red-litten, torch-litten. _Long-ships_, ships of war. _Lore_, learning, knowledge. _Loth_, unwilling, grieved. _Mar_, to spoil, disfigure. _Mark_, boundary, borderland. _Masters of God-home_, the gods of Asgard against whom the giants and all foul monsters were constantly at war. _Mattock_, a pick-axe. _Mead_, a meadow. _Mew_, a sea-gull. _Mid-mirk_, thick darkness. _Mirk_, darkness. _Midward_, prime, best days. _Midworld_, the earth; the home of men as distinguished from Asgard, the home of the gods, and Niflheim, the home of the dead. _Minish_, to grow less. _Moon-wake_, the long straight path of light made by the moon on water. _Murder-churls,_ fierce and suspicious men ready to slay a guest. _Mute_, dumb, silent. _Nether_, lower. _Niggard_, grudging, miserly, unproductive, e.g. the Glittering Heath is called "niggard ground." _Norns_, the three maidens who decided the fates of gods and men. Their names were Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, or Past, Present, and Future, and they were more powerful than the gods themselves, e.g. "Gone, forth is the will of the Norns, that abideth ever the same." _Odin's door_, a warrior's shield. _Odin's Hall_, Valhalla, to which went the souls of warriors slain in battle. _Pall_, a cloak of state; most commonly used in the expression "purple and pall." _Passing_, very; used to give emphasis, e.g. "He loveth her passing sore," where both words are simply emphatic. _Peace-strings_, the strings which tied a sword into its sheath when it was not in use. _Peers_, equals in age and rank. _People's Praise_. Odin, chief of the gods. "The death of the People's Praise" is Ragnarok, the time when Odin and all his fellow gods were to be destroyed.