ǪrvOdd Lv 27VIII (Ǫrv 62)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 62 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 877.
text and translation
Hirði ek eigi, þótt heitir þú,
fárgjarnt höfuð, Freys reiði mér.
Veit ek í eldi ásu brenna;
tröll eigi þik; trúi ek guði einum.
Ek hirði eigi, þótt þú, fárgjarnt höfuð, heitir mér reiði Freys. Ek veit ásu brenna í eldi; tröll eigi þik; ek trúi guði einum.
‘I do not care though you, evil-inclined person, call down Freyr’s wrath upon me. I know the gods are burning in the fire; may trolls have you; I believe in one god. ’
notes and context
See Introduction to stanzas 59-70. This stanza is spoken by Oddr according to all mss.
As in the preceding stanza, the version of 7 adds four lines to this 8-line stanza, this time between ll. 4 and 5. Versions of these lines in the other mss form the second helmingr of Ǫrv 69, where all variant readings are given and discussed. The text in 7 is as follows: ‘illt er at einka vin skoluð eigi ęrr skratta blota’. This can be emended to make sense as the following lines:
illr er Óðinn at einkavin;
skuluð eigi ér skratta blóta.
‘Óðinn is evil as an intimate friend; you should not worship demons with sacrifice’.
The noun Óðinn has been omitted and ms. ‘ęrr’ is arguably a mistake for ér ‘you’ (pl.) See further discussion in Ǫrv 69, Note to ll. 5-8.
readings
- [1] eigi: so all others, ei 7
- [2] þótt heitir þú: þóttu heitir 344a, þóat hætir þú 343a, þó hætir þú 471, hvat hættir þú 173ˣ
- [3] fárgjarnt: fárgjörn 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [3] höfuð: kona 344a, 343a, 471, om. 173ˣ
- [5] Veit: menn veit 344a, inn veit 173ˣ
- [6] ásu: so 471, ‘æsa’ 344a, ás ok 343a, ‘æsi’ 173ˣ
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) — 56r/27 - 56r/29
imagesHirði ek ei,
þótt heitir þú,
fárgjarnt höfuð,
Freys reiði mér.
Veit ek í eldi
ásu brenna;
tröll eigi þik;
trúi ek guði einum.hirði ek ei þott heitir þu fargiarnt ho᷎ | fuð freys reiði mer illt er at einka vin · skoluð eigi ǫrr skratta blota · Veit ek i elldi asu bre | nna tro᷎ll eigi þik · trui ek guði einum.
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 23v/9 - 23v/10
Hirði ek eigi,
images
þóttu heitir ,
fárgjörn kona,
Freys reiði mér.
menn veit ek í eldi
†æsa† brenna;
tröll eigi þik;
trúi ek guði einum. -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 78v/42 - 78v/43
Hirði ek eigi,
images
þóat hætir þú ,
fárgjörn kona,
Freys reiði mér.
Veit ek í eldi
ás ok brenna;
tröll eigi þik;
trúi ek guði einum. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 91r - 91v
Hirði ek eigi,
images
þó hætir þú ,
fárgjörn kona,
Freys reiði mér.
Veit ek í eldi
ásu brenna;
tröll eigi þik;
trúi ek guði einum. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 57r/19 - 57r/22
Hirði ek eigi,
images
hvat hættir þú ,
fárgjörn ,
Freys reiði mér.
inn veit ek í eldi
†æsi† brenna;
tröll eigi þik;
trúi ek guði einum. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 30r/27 - 30r/28
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