[1] var ‘was’: The first rhyme in this line could technically fall in metrical positions 1 (on the resolved Haraldr) or 2 (on var). The latter is more likely since the first rhyme in all other lines falls in metrical position 2. For the rhotacised form var (earlier vas), see Note to st. 13/1. For a line of a similar structure, see st. 78/3 below.