The Æsir or immortals were properly the great Captains who, having attended Odin from the Asiatic Scythia, were highly honoured in the Val-halla or mansions of select Heroes.
XXIX. The Disæ were certain goddesses whose province it was to invite warriors, that died bravely, to Odin’s hall.
A very learned native of Iceland prepared both the text and the glossary for the press; any difference, therefore, between them arises from the state of the Islandic orthography which is extremely arbitrary, and unsettled.
The reader will be pleased to make the following emendations. In page 33. for invite read invite; 47. crediderim credideram; 49. St. 28. Disæ Æsæ; 69. diciplinam disciplinam. In some copies Page 30. Higgom Hiuggom; 37. frendêre frenduêre.
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