Note † — II. THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURH:
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l. 1200. The Breosinga men (Icel. Brisinga men) is the necklace of the goddess Freya; cf. Elder Edda, Hamarshemt. Hāma stole the necklace from the Gothic King Eormenrīc; cf. Traveller's Song, ll. 8, 18, 88, 111. The comparison of the two necklaces leads the poet to anticipate Hygelāc's history,—a suggestion of the poem's mosaic construction.