Note † — II. THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURH:
Reading edition
l. 1143. B., H.-So., and Möller read: worod rǣdenne, þonne him Hūn Lāfing, = military brotherhood, when Hūn laid upon his breast (the sword) Lāfing. There is a sword Laufi, Lövi in the Norse sagas; but swords, armor, etc., are often called the leaving (lāf) of files, hammers, etc., especially a precious heirloom; cf. ll. 454, 1033, 2830, 2037, 2629, 796, etc., etc.