Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 138 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 68)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 944.
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2. fœra (verb): bring
[1] Færðum seggi: Sóttum sverði 343a, 471, 173ˣ
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
[1] Færðum seggi: Sóttum sverði 343a, 471, 173ˣ
[2] frá svikaráðum ‘from a deceitful state of life’: Undoubtedly a reference to the pagan rites performed by the people of Bjálkaland and by the king’s wife in particular, and an indication that this stanza has a Christian perspective. Svikaráð n. pl. occurs only here and in GunnLeif Merl II 64/2, where it is coupled with the word synd ‘sin’.
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svikaráð (noun n.)
[2] frá svikaráðum: seggja kindir 343a, 471, 173ˣ
[2] frá svikaráðum ‘from a deceitful state of life’: Undoubtedly a reference to the pagan rites performed by the people of Bjálkaland and by the king’s wife in particular, and an indication that this stanza has a Christian perspective. Svikaráð n. pl. occurs only here and in GunnLeif Merl II 64/2, where it is coupled with the word synd ‘sin’.
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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trégoð (noun n.)
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tindr (noun m.; °; -ar): [prongs]
[4] tynda ek: tyndum 343a, 471, 173ˣ
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[4] tynda ek: tyndum 343a, 471, 173ˣ
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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Bjalki (noun m.)
[5] Bjálka ‘Bjálki’: On this name and its meaning, see Introduction to Ǫrv 59-70.
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í (prep.): in, into
[6] í borghliði: í borgarhliði 343a, 471, hliði konunga 173ˣ
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borghlið (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): °gateway of a fortress/stronghold, portal; city-gate, town-gate
[6] í borghliði: í borgarhliði 343a, 471, hliði konunga 173ˣ
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eikikylfa (noun f.; °-u): °wooden club
[7] eikikylfu: om. 173ˣ
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
[8] áðr hann: svo at 343a, svá hann 471, so at 173ˣ
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] áðr hann: svo at 343a, svá hann 471, so at 173ˣ
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
[8] önd (‘aund’): so 343a, 471, ‘o[…]’ 7, öndu 173ˣ
[8] um lét ‘gave up’: The reading of mss 343a and 471 has been selected here to conform to Old Norse usage of the period after 1250. Ms. 7’s use of the archaic pleonastic particle of with the verb lét ‘gave up’ indicates that its scribe may have used an earlier exemplar. See also Note to Ǫrv 4/1.
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[8] um lét ‘gave up’: The reading of mss 343a and 471 has been selected here to conform to Old Norse usage of the period after 1250. Ms. 7’s use of the archaic pleonastic particle of with the verb lét ‘gave up’ indicates that its scribe may have used an earlier exemplar. See also Note to Ǫrv 4/1.
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For the background to this stanza, see Introduction to Ǫrv 59-70. In 7 the stanza is cited at the end of the Bjálkaland episode and immediately after Oddr has killed this pagan country’s king, Álfr bjálki, with a club made of oak wood. In the other mss the stanza is not cited at this point, but appears in the continuous Ævdr as st. 68. — The first helmingr of the stanza has a somewhat different wording in the younger mss, as follows: Sóttum sverði | seggja kindir | ok trégoðum | týndum þeira ‘We [I] attacked the sons of men with the sword and destroyed their wooden gods’. This version is printed by Skj B and Skald, but they follow a mixed text in the second helmingr. — [3-4]: See the very similar lines in Ǫrv 60/3-4 and Note to l. 3.
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