[All]: Boer (Ǫrv 1892, 84 n.) argued that all the final stanzas of Oddr’s mannjafnaðr (Ǫrv 54-8) were originally part of an Ævdr earlier than that preserved in the younger mss. It is certainly true that all except the last (and that perfunctorily) lack the challenges and insults directed to the speaker’s rivals that are typical of the mannjafnaðr.
References
- Bibliography
- Ǫrv 1892 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1892a. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek 2. Halle: Niemayer.
- Internal references
- Margaret Clunies Ross (forthcoming), ‘ Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2999> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- 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.