Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 84 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 898.

Skjótt nam kynda í skóg þykkum eld brennanda uppi á landi. Svá við lopti létum leika hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar. Skjótt nam kynda í skóg þykkum eld brennanda uppi á landi. Svá við lopti létum leika hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar. Skjótt nam kynda brennanda eld í þykkum skóg uppi á landi. Svá létum hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar leika við lopti.

text prose order   Quickly I kindled burning fire in a thick wood up in the countryside. So we [I] caused {the towering and red howling hound of wood} [FIRE] to play against the sky.

notes: In order to attract his companions’ attention and discover the location of their missing ships, Oddr goes to a wood, climbs up a tall tree, and sets fire to its upper branches (í limum uppi) so that flames quickly rose high into the air (stóð logi í lopti uppi). This acts as a signal to the ships to return to the shore where all the men are reunited (Ǫrv 1888, 36-7). This stanza follows the wording of the prose quite closely. — The order of lines in 471 differs considerably from 343a and 173ˣ, although the actual wording does not diverge significantly. — [5-6]: Line 6 has double alliteration. Skj B and Skald reverse the ms. order of ll. 5-6 in order to regularise the alliteration, and also reverse the order of words in l. 5 to svá lopti við.

texts: ‹Ǫrv 84›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 10. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ǫrvar-Oddssaga IX 14 (AII, 308; BII, 327); Skald II, 175; Ǫrv 1888, 200, FSGJ 2, 344.

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AM 343 a 4° (343a)	80v, 19 - 80v, 20	(Ǫrv)
AM 471 4° (471)	94v - 94v	(Ǫrv)
AM 173 folx (173x)	61va, 17 - 61va, 24	(Ǫrv)
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx)	33r, 18 - 33r, 19	(Ǫrv)