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Haugna king of Halogaland, forcibly carried off his daughter Hilda, the Helen of the north. This occasioned long & bloody wars. The heroine was, at last, considered as a goddess presiding over every thing military. Hence battle is termed the joys of Hilda: armour her vesture; shields, and helmets her umbrellas &c. — Odin was the Mars of the Scandinavians. — The Ifu is supposed to be the Iba a river in Angermania.
V. Herraud, Regner’s father in law, dies on his winged steeds i. e. his galleys. The Skalds, frequently, compare ships to all beasts of burthen; So, in stanza 18, they are called aegis-asni or asses of the ocean.
VI. Scarpa-sceria i. e. the sharp rocks, probably Scarpey near Spangabeidi, in Norway, the scene of many of Regner's adventures.
VII. Eystein was a Swedish prince; and Ullar-acre one of his provinces of which Upsal was the capital.
VIII. Indyris is thought to be the Inderö isles in the bay of Drontheim. Fala was a general name for certain furies who, mounted on wolves, were supposed to gallop. through the
