ǪrvOdd Lv 21VIII (Ǫrv 54)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 54 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 21)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 868.
text and translation
Gekk skarpr Þórðr fyr skjöldu fram,
hvargi er orrostu eiga skyldum.
Hann lét Hálfdan hníga at velli,
fræknan stilli, ok hans fylgjara.
Skarpr Þórðr gekk fram fyr skjöldu, hvargi er skyldum eiga orrostu. Hann lét Hálfdan hníga at velli, fræknan stilli, ok hans fylgjara.
‘Strong Þórðr went forwards in front of the shields, wherever we had to fight a battle. He made Hálfdan fall to the ground, that brave leader, together with his followers. ’
notes and context
As for Ǫrv 53.
[1]: As it stands, this line is hypometrical, but could be rendered metrical by desyllabification of either skarpr or Þórðr.
readings
- [1] skarpr: snarpligast 344a, snarpr 343a, 471
- [1] Þórðr: so all others, Þórð 7
- [2] fram: om. 344a
- [3] hvargi: hvar 343a, 471
- [4] skyldum: skyldum corrected from ‘skyddvm’ 344a, ‘skydum’ 471
- [7] fræknan: frægjan 344a
- [8] fylgjara: ‘fylfgiara’ 344a
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) — 55r/13 - 55r/15
imagesGekk skarpr Þórð
fyr skjöldu fram,
hvargi er orrostu
eiga skyldum.
Hann lét Hálfdan
hníga at velli,
fræknan stilli,
ok hans fylgjara.Geck sk,arpr | þorð firir skio᷎lldu framm huargi er orrosto eiga skylldum · hann let halfdan hniga at velli fręknan stil | li ok hans fylgiara ·
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 22r/5 - 22r/6
Gekk snarpligast Þórðr
images
fyr skjöldu ,
hvargi er orrostu
eiga skyldum.
Hann lét Hálfdan
hníga at velli,
frægjan stilli,
ok hans †fylfgiara†. -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77v/16 - 77v/17
Gekk snarpr Þórðr
images
fyr skjöldu fram,
hvar er orrostu
eiga skyldum.
Hann lét Hálfdan
hníga at velli,
fræknan stilli,
ok hans fylgjara. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 89r - 89r
Gekk snarpr Þórðr
images
fyr skjöldu fram,
hvar er orrostu
eiga †skydum†.
Hann lét Hálfdan
hníga at velli,
fræknan stilli,
ok hans fylgjara. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28v/9 - 28v/10
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