[3] brynju Hjálmars ‘Hjálmarr’s mail-coat’: This is the reading of 344a alone and is adopted here (also by Skj B). Other eds prefer the remaining mss’ hjálm ok brynju ‘helmet and mail-coat’; this is consistent with the prose of Ǫrv (Ǫrv 1888, 107) which mentions both as being brought back to the Swedish court by Oddr and presented to the king. It could also be objected that Hjálmarr would be unlikely to speak of himself in the third person, but he is made to do so again in Ǫrv 24/5.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Ǫrv 1888 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1888. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Leiden: Brill.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ǫrvar-Odds saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 804. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=35> (accessed 1 May 2024)
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 838.