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146 NOTES
defiance, hatred or loathing, he makes his followers mad with the wild
lust of destruction. Christ supports Loki, the Fenris-wolf, the Midgard-
serpent, and Ymer from whom the giants’ brood descended, in the fight
against the high /&sir, and he even represents Satan as fighting on the
side of Christ, and lets cold Naastrond burst into flame. Even the dark-
ened sun seems to fight against the /Esir. This discourse, which reveals
the confusion of ideas in an agitated and gloomy soul, spurs his war-
riors to Berserk fury, driving them on to slay and slay again before the
world comes to an end. ‘All now should perish, Even remembrance.’”
(J. Morland.)
PaGE 109. Fallen was Arniljot.
“Then set on the bonder-host from all sides. They hewed who stood the
foremost; but they, who there were next, thrust with spears, or arrows,
or hurled stones, or hand-axes, or shaft-flints. And soon there befell a
battle man-scathing, and much folk fell on either side.
“Tn the first brunt fell Arnljot Gellini, Gowk-Thorir, and Afrafasti,
and all their company, but each had slain his man first, or two, or some
more.” (Chapter 238.)
PaGE 110. The King behind a shield-wall Hitherto had battled.
“When King Olaf went forth out of the shield-burg, and into the
vanward of his battle, and the bonders might look into the face of him,
then they were filled with dread and their hands dropped.” (Chapter
238.)
PaGE 111. Torgeir of Kvistad.
“Then fought King Olaf all dauntlessly. He hewed on Thorgeir of
Kviststead, a landed-man, who is aforenamed, athwart the face, and
sheared asunder the nose-guard of the helm of him, and clave the head
below the eyes, so that it nearly flew off. And when he fell, the king
said : ‘Yea: is that true, which I said thee, Thorgeir, that thou wouldst
have no victory in our dealings ?’” (Chapter 239.)
PacE 111. Troll-fur.
“’Thorir Hound had had the Finn-journey these two winters, and had
been both winters for long on the fells, and had gotten him measure-
less wealth. He had had many kinds of chafferings with the Finns. He
had let make for himself twelve coats of reindeer-skin with so mickle
wizardry that no weapon could bite on them, yea, mickle less than on
a ring-byrny.”” (Chapter 204.) “King Olaf hewed on Thorir Hound
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