[3] Hundingr: A legendary king in HHund I, II, Vǫlsunga saga (chs 9, 11). Hundingr is also the name of another legendary chieftain, namely, one of the kings defeated by King Nórr, brother of Górr, whose name is mentioned in st. 2/6 above (see Flat 1860-8, I, 22). This name is not attested in kennings.
References
- Bibliography
- Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Vǫlsunga saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 790. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10832> (accessed 23 April 2024)