Note 3 — THE MYTH IN REGARD TO THE LOWER WORLD. (Part IV. Continued from Volume I.)

I follow the text in most of the manuscripts, of which Bugge has given various versions. One manuscript has in the text, another in the margin, Lidscialfr, written in one word (instead of lithsci alfr). Of this Munch made Lidskjalfr. The dative loki from lok, a gate (cp. luka loka, to close, enclose) has been interpreted as Loki, and thus made the confusion complete.