Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 93 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 906.
Búnir létumz á burt þaðan
brátt ór eyju, þegar byr fengi. |
Heilir kómum heim ór þeiri;
gerðu fagna frændr hollvinum. |
Létumz brátt búnir þaðan á burt ór eyju, þegar fengi byr. Kómum heilir heim ór þeiri; frændr gerðu fagna hollvinum.
We were ready to go away from there quickly from the island as soon as a favourable wind appeared. We came home unharmed from that [journey]; kinsmen made their loyal friends welcome.
Mss: 343a(80v), 471(94v), 173ˣ(62ra) (Ǫrv)
Readings: [1] létumz: so 471, 173ˣ, létuz 343a [2] á burt: í burtu 173ˣ [5] kómum: kómumz 173ˣ
Editions: Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 10. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ǫrvar-Oddssaga IX 23: AII, 310, BII, 329, Skald II, 176; Ǫrv 1888, 201, FSGJ 2, 347.
Notes: [All]: Oddr and his party arrive in Hrafnista and spend the winter there, according to the saga (Ǫrv 1888, 50-1).
