62. The _Saxons_, who with the Angles and Jutes settled Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries, lived originally near the mouth of the Elbe.
63. The _Heatho-Raemas_ dwelt near the modern Christiania in Norway. See _Beowulf_, line 518, in which Breca in the swimming match reaches their land.
66. _Guthhere_ was a ruler of the Burgundians (v. 19). He was probably at Worms when he gave the jewel to Widsith. Guthhere, because of his great battle with Attila and his tragic defeat, became a great legendary hero. (See _Waldhere_, B, v. 14.)
67. The _Franks_ and the _Frisians_ are spoken of together in _Beowulf_ (vv. 1207, 1210, 2917), where they together repulse an attack made by Hygelac. The Frisians probably dwelt west of the Zuider Zee.
68. The _Rugians_ and the _Glommas_. See note to v. 21, above.
70. _Ælfwine:_ (otherwise known as Alboin), the Lombard conqueror of Italy. He was the son of Audoin (Eadwine).
75-87. Most scholars agree that these lines are interpolated, since they do not fit in with the rest of the poem.
78. _Welsh:_ a term applied to the Romans by the Old English writers.
79. The _Scride-Finns_ were settled in northern Norway--not in Finland, where the main body of Finns were found. They are perhaps to be identified with the modern Lapps.
80. _Lidwicingas:_ the inhabitants of Armorica. _Longobards._ See v. 32.
81. The _Hundings_ are also mentioned in line 23.
86. _East Thuringians._ Probably those Thuringians dwelling in the sixth century east of the Elbe.
87. _Istians._ Probably the Esthonians mentioned in the _Voyage of Wulfstan_. (See p. 194, line 151, below.) The _Idumingas_ were neighbors of the Istians. Both were probably Lettish or Lithuanian tribes.
88. _Eormanric._ See note to v. 8, above.
97. _Ealhhild._ See note to v. 5, above. She was (v. 98) daughter of Eadwine, King of the Lombards (v. 74). The meaning here is not absolutely clear, but Chambers makes a good case for considering her the wife of Eormanric. He thinks that she followed her husband's gift to Widsith by a gift of another ring, in return for which Widsith sings her praises.
112, 113. _Emerca_ and _Fridla_, the _Harlungs_, were murdered by their uncle, Eormanric. _East-Gota_, or Ostrogotha, the king of the united Goths in the middle of the third century, was a direct ancestor of Eormanric.