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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 45VIII (Ǫrv 115)

[All]: This stanza appears to follow on from the previous stanza’s reference to Oddr’s encounter with Ǫgmundr Eyþjófsbani. According to the prose texts (Ǫrv 1888, 92-3), the antagonists agree to call their conflict quits for the time being, though Ǫgmundr promises Oddr that this will not be the last time they meet. Oddr, Hjálmarr and Þórðr stafngláma (on this name, see Note to l. 7 below) then go off in different directions, Oddr to shoot animals for food, Hjálmarr to build a fire to cook them, while Þórðr remains behind to guard their ship. When Oddr and Hjálmarr return to the ship, Þórðr is nowhere to be seen. They eventually find him dead in a rock cleft on a hillside, with a spear (spjót) right through him (Ǫrv 1888, 94-5). They attribute this to Ǫgmundr’s treachery.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Ǫrv 1888 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1888. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite (ǪgmEybVIII)

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