[4] skip Þráins ‘Þráinn’s ship’: In Njáls saga (Nj ch. 82, ÍF 12, 200), Þráinn Sigfússon is given a ship by Hákon jarl Sigurðsson in Trondheim (ON Þrándheimr) as a reward for killing the outlaw Kolr. The ship has an ornamental mast-head in the form of a vulture and is called Gammr ‘Vulture’. Cf. Þul Fugla 1/1.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 20 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (ÞráSV)
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Fugla heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 952.