Note to Þul Ǫrvar 1III
[4] Flaug: So A, B (and Skj B, Skald). Lit. ‘flight’. This is the name of one of King Gusi(r)’s magic arrows captured by Ketill hœngr ‘Salmon’ (see Ketils saga hœngs ch. 3, FSN II, 122; see also Hremsa, l. 6, Fífa, st. 2/2 and Note to st. 2/4, as well as Forað Lv 6/1, 3VIII (Ket 27) and Note there). The word is not attested as a common noun with the meaning ‘arrow’. The R, Tˣ, C variant flug n. ‘flight’ is also possible (and adopted in SnE 1998) but less likely in view of the other arrows belonging to Gusir and enumerated in the present þula.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ketils saga hœngs’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 548. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=71> (accessed 26 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (KethVIII)
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 27 (Forað, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 579.