Alfregg
Dwarf and master smith, one of four who dwelt near the King's hall, attested in 1 source.
Alfregg is one of four dwarfs -- alongside Dvalin, Berling, and Grer -- attested in the Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks. They dwelt in a rock near the King's hall and are described as "four men in Asia" who were so clever that they could do any kind of smithwork (Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, The Thattr Of Sorli). The dual description -- as dwarfs dwelling in rock and as men from Asia skilled in smithcraft -- reflects the euhemerizing tendency of the saga tradition, where mythological beings are recast as exceptional humans.
The two attestations from the Thattr of Sorli present the same group from slightly different angles. One emphasizes their dwelling place near the King's hall, the other their extraordinary skill as smiths (Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, The Thattr Of Sorli). The placement "in Asia" connects them to the broader euhemeristic geography that locates the origins of the Norse gods and their associates in the east. Their collective identity as a group of four master craftsmen links them to the wider Norse tradition of dwarven smithwork, though the saga gives no further detail about what they made.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks, Norse Tradition