Note 82 — CANTO XXIII. THE JOURNEY OF SKIRNIR.
William Edward Frye translation
The word shoeless foot, in the original nœgne Fod, seems borrowed from the speech of Harbard to Thor, in Harbard’s song in the poetic Edda, wherein he says,
Thou dost not look, as if thou Three domains possess’d; [A]Bare legged thou standest In beggar’s apparel.
[A] Probably because Thor had taken off his shoes, in order to ford the stream.