Note to Úlfrauð Útkv 1^VIII (Hálf 40)

[3] heill ‘luck’: The idea that some individuals were favoured by luck or good fortune was a commonplace of Old Norse literature, and is expressed both in poetry as well as in prose sagas (cf. Hallberg 1973). In Útkv 9/5-8 (Hálf 50), Útsteinn attributes his success in life to Óðinn.

References

Bibliography
Hallberg, Peter. 1973. ‘The Concept of gipta-gæfa-hamingja in Old Norse Literature’. In Foote et al. 1973, 143-83.
Internal references
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 50 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Útsteinskviða 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 343.

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