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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 67VIII (Ǫrv 137)

[1-4]: These lines concern a brief and rather brutal episode in the saga, when King Herrauðr provides an armed shield maiden to accompany Oddr on his journey to Bjálkaland (Ǫrv 1888, 172-5). Oddr is reluctant to take her with him and subjects her to a test of strength which she fails. He flings her into a bog and departs on his own. For an interpretation of this episode, see Clunies Ross (2010a, 117-22).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Ǫrv 1888 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1888. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Clunies Ross, Margaret. 2010a. The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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