Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 135 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 65)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 942.

Kom ek um síðir, þar er snarir þóttuz Sigurðr ok Sjólfr í sveit konungs. Réð oss skatna lið skots at beiða ok skjaldfimi við skata mengi. Kom ek um síðir, þar er snarir þóttuz Sigurðr ok Sjólfr í sveit konungs. Réð oss skatna lið skots at beiða ok skjaldfimi við skata mengi. Ek kom um síðir, þar er Sigurðr ok Sjólfr þóttuz snarir í sveit konungs. Lið skatna réð oss at beiða skots ok skjaldfimi við mengi skata.

text prose order   I came at last to where Sigurðr and Sjólfr considered themselves smart in the king’s company. The troop of warriors advised us [me] to try shooting and agility with the shield against the crowd of men.

notes: The Ævdr now turns to the episode of Oddr’s visit to the court of King Herrauðr, and his mannjafnaðr with two of the king’s retainers, Sigurðr and Sjólfr. This verbal exchange, accompanied by a drinking contest, is preceded by contests of hunting, shooting with bows and arrows and swimming (see the following stanza), in each of which Oddr, still disguised as Víðfǫrull or Næframaðr (on the name, see Ǫrv 133, Note to l. 7 above), far outdoes his rivals (cf. Ǫrv 1888, 146-57). On the mannjafnaðr with Sigurðr and Sjólfr, see Introduction to Ǫrv 34-58.

texts: ‹Ǫrv 135›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 10. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ǫrvar-Oddssaga IX 65 (AII, 318; BII, 337); Skald II, 181, NN §3290C; Ǫrv 1888, 207, FSGJ 2, 360.

sources

AM 343 a 4° (343a)	81v, 4 - 81v, 5	(Ǫrv)
AM 471 4° (471)	96r - 96r	(Ǫrv)
AM 173 folx (173x)	64vb, 12 - 64vb, 19	(Ǫrv)
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx)	34v, 14 - 34v, 16	(Ǫrv)