Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 85 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 899.

Sáum skjótliga skunda at landi skeiðr vegligar ok skrautmenni. Fegnir urðu, þeir er fyrir váru; frændr mínir þá finnaz gerðum. Sáum skjótliga skunda at landi skeiðr vegligar ok skrautmenni. Fegnir urðu, þeir er fyrir váru; frændr mínir þá finnaz gerðum. Sáum vegligar skeiðr ok skrautmenni skunda skjótliga at landi. Þeir urðu fegnir, er váru fyrir; frændr mínir gerðum þá finnaz.

text prose order   We saw magnificent warships and finely equipped men speeding quickly towards land. They who were there first became glad; my kinsmen [and I] then met together.

notes: The fire, mentioned in the previous stanza, has attracted the attention of Oddr’s companions out at sea, and they come back to shore, where they all meet up again. — [5-6]: These lines refer to Oddr and Ásmundr and their companions, who were already on the shore. — [7-8]: To obtain a regular line, þá has been taken as part of l. 7 (so Skj B), while Ǫrv 1888 adopts 471’s and 173ˣ’s er and construes it with l. 8. Skald emends þá to tveir (cf. NN §2604A).

texts: ‹Ǫrv 85›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 10. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ǫrvar-Oddssaga IX 15 (AII, 308; BII, 327); Skald II, 175, NN §2604A; Ǫrv 1888, 200, FSGJ 2, 344-5.

sources

AM 343 a 4° (343a)	80v, 20 - 80v, 22	(Ǫrv)
AM 471 4° (471)	94v - 94v	(Ǫrv)
AM 173 folx (173x)	61va, 25 - 61va, 32	(Ǫrv)
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx)	33r, 19 - 33r, 21	(Ǫrv)