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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 Glúmr riði heiman, dreymði hann, at margir menn væri
komnir þar til Þverár at hitta 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 uxagjQf 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
Frey’s temple
Vitazgjafi
Legal sanction on Þverá
Activities of Glúm
Killing of Sigmund
Presence of Vigfús un-
der penalty
Activities of Glúm’s
enemies
Þorkel the tall gives an
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.