ǪrvOdd Ævdr 30VIII (Ǫrv 100)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 100 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 30)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 911.
text and translation
Várum allir vestr með Skolla;
þar at landi sat lýða dróttinn.
Báru bragnar blóðgar undir,
sverðum skornar, en vér sigr höfðum.
Várum allir vestr með Skolla; þar sat {dróttinn lýða} at landi. Bragnar báru blóðgar undir, skornar sverðum, en vér höfðum sigr.
‘We were all in the west with Skolli; there the lord of men [RULER = Játmundr] ruled over the land. Warriors bore bloody wounds, cut with swords, but we had the victory. ’
notes and context
The substance of this stanza corresponds to the second helmingr of Ǫrv 44 and an episode in the prose saga in which Oddr and Hjálmarr encounter a viking named Skolli during an expedition to England (Ǫrv 1888, 84-7). In the saga this episode occurs after an adventure in Ireland, in which Ásmundr is killed, and after Oddr’s meeting with the Irish woman Ǫlvǫr, who makes Oddr a protective magic shirt (see Ǫrv 4 and 111).
readings
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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AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 80v/43 - 80v/44
imagesVárum allir
vestr með Skolla;
þar at landi sat
lýða dróttinn.
Báru bragnar
blóðgar undir,
sverðum skornir,
en vér sigr höfðum.Vorum aller vestr med skolla þar at lanndi sat | lyda drottinn · baru bragnar blodgar unnder[14] suerdum skornir · enn vær sigr haufdum ·
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 95r - 95r
Várum allir
images
vestr með Skolla;
þar at landi sat
lýða dróttinn.
Báru bragnar
blóðgar randir,
sverðum meiddir,
en vér sigr þaðan. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 62va/17 - 62va/24
Várum allir
images
vestr með Skolla;
þar at landi sat
lýða dróttinn.
Báru bragnar
blóðgar undir,
sverðum meiddir,
en vér sigr þaðan. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 33v/14 - 33v/16
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