Note to Framarr Lv 4^VIII (Ket 41)

[5-6]: This long-line contains a play on the etymologically related words bráz (= 3rd pers. sg. pret. of the m. v. bregðaz ‘change, deceive, fail’) and brigt (n. sg. nom. of the adj. brigðr ‘uncertain, fickle, treacherous’). Óðinn’s unreliability or treachery to his supposed ‘favourites’ is a theme in many Old Norse texts. In the Brávalla legend, there is treachery towards Haraldr hilditǫnn ‘War-tooth’ (Fornk ch. 8, ÍF 35, 62-3; Saxo 2015, I, vii. 10. 3, pp. 512-15, I, vii. 10. 6, pp. 516-19, I, vii. 12. 1, pp. 530-3, I, viii. 4. 9, pp. 548-9, and in Vǫls (chs 11-12, Vǫls 1906-8, 27-9), Óðinn causes his favourite, Sigmundr, to fall in battle against the sons of Hundingr.

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