Gripla

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But he could not live at home because of the consecration of the

place . . . and Glúm kept him in hiding. And men under penalty

were not admitted because Frey, deity of the temple there, did

not allow it.

Frey last appears in the saga when enemies of Víga-Glúm once more

brought a case of homicide against him, a case that ended with Glúm

being forced to give up Þverá and leave. The saga says:

En áðr Ghímr riði heiman, dreymði hann, at margir menn væri

komnir þar til Þverár at hittá Frey, ok þóttisk hann sjá mart

manna á eyrunum við ána, en Freyr sat á stóli. Hann þóttisk

spyrja, hverir þar væri komnir. Þeir svara: 'Þetta eru frændr þín-

ir framliðnir, ok biðjum vér nú Frey, at þú sér eigi á brott fœrðr

af Þverárlandi, ok tjóar ekki, ok svarar Freyr stutt ok reiðuliga

ok minnisk nú á uxagjof Þorkels ins háva.' Hann vaknaði, ok

lézk Glúmr verr vera við Frey alla tíma síðan.25

Before Glúm rode away from home, he dreamt that many peo-

ple had come to Þverá to meet Frey, and he seemed to see a

crowd on the gravel banks by the river, while Frey sat on a

throne. He thought he asked who they were. They answered:

'These are your departed kinsmen, and we are praying to Frey

that you should not be taken away from Þverárland; but all in

vain, for Frey answers shortly and angrily, and he remembers

the gift of an ox by Þorkel the tall.' He awoke, and Glúm said

his relations with Frey were worse ever after.

Now we must explain the connection between the cult of Frey and

Glúm's occupation of Þverá. A diagram will show it thus:

Cult of Frey                  Activities of Glúm           Activities of Glúm's

Frey's temple                   Killing of Sigmund                       enemies

Vitazgjafi                         Presence of Vigfús un-     Þorkel the tall gives an

Legal sanction on Þverá     der penalty                      ox

All three activities here shown point directly to the destruction of

Glúm's right to live at Þverá. Indeed it appears that in the days of ac-

25 ÍF IX, pp. 87-8.