ǪrvOdd Ævdr 64VIII (Ǫrv 134)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 134 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 64)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 940.
text and translation
Unða ek eigi, áðr Ungara
lofðunga tvá líta knáttak.
Réð ek með öðrum arfs at kveðja;
veitta ek jöfri vilt ofsinni.
Ek unða eigi, áðr knáttak líta tvá lofðunga Ungara. Ek réð at kveðja arfs með öðrum; ek veitta jöfri vilt ofsinni.
‘I was not happy until I saw the two princes of the Hungarians. I claimed the inheritance with one [of them]; I granted the prince desired support. ’
notes and context
[6]: The same line occurs in Heiðr 89/6.
readings
- [1] Unða ek eigi: Hitta ek hugsnara 343a, 173ˣ, Hitta ek eftir 471
- [2] áðr Ungara: ‘hilldingia ii’ 343a, á hugsnara 471, ok tvá lofðunga 173ˣ
- [3] lofðunga tvá: lítlu síðar 343a, 173ˣ
- [4] líta knáttak: þá vér löndum réðum 343a, litlu síðar 471, om. 173ˣ
- [5] Réð ek með öðrum: veitta ek öðrum 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [6] arfs at kveðja: vígs um gengi 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [7] veitta ek jöfri: ungum jöfri 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [8] vilt ofsinni: arfs at kveðja 343a, 173ˣ, arf at kveðja 471
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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Holm perg 7 4° (7) — 52v/20 - 52v/21
imagesVnða ek eigi aðr ungara lofðunga .ij. lita knat | tag reð ek með auðrum arfs at qveðia · ueitta ek io᷎fri uillt of sinni |
(HA)
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AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 81v/2 - 81v/4
Hitta ek hugsnara ,
images
†hilldingia ii†
lítlu síðar
þá vér löndum réðum .
veitta ek öðrum
vígs um gengi ;
ungum jöfri
arfs at kveðja . -
AM 471 4° (471) — 95v - 96r
Hitta ek eftir ,
images
á hugsnara
lofðunga tvá
litlu síðar .
veitta ek öðrum
vígs um gengi ;
ungum jöfri
arf at kveðja . -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 64vb/5 - 64vb/11
Hitta ek hugsnara ,
images
ok tvá lofðunga
lítlu síðar
.
veitta ek öðrum
vígs um gengi ;
ungum jöfri
arfs at kveðja . -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 34v/12 - 34v/14
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