Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 70 (Gyðja, Lausavísur 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 885.
Hjálpi æsir ok ásynjur,
görvöll regin, gyðju sinni!
Æsir ok ásynjur, görvöll regin, hjálpi gyðju sinni!
May gods and goddesses, all divine powers, help their priestess!
Mss: 344a(23v), 7(56r), 343a(79r), 471(91v), 173ˣ(57v) (Ǫrv)
Readings: [2] ásynjur: so all others, ‘osynior’ 344a [3, 4] görvöll regin gyðju sinni: so all others, ‘g. r. g. s.’ 344a
Editions: Skj AII, 306, Skj BII, 324, Skald II, 173; Ǫrv 1888, 184, FSGJ 2, 332.
Context: After Oddr has spoken st. 69, he goes after the priestess with a huge oak club, but she escapes into a temple (hof) that stands in the town. She runs inside, uttering this helmingr.
Notes: [All]: This helmingr functions as a kind of refrain (stef). It also occurs as Ǫrv 61/5-8; see Note to [All] to that stanza.
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