ǪrvOdd Ævdr 31VIII (Ǫrv 101)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 101 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 31)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 912.
Höfðu ‘had cleared’
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hafa (verb): have
jarls ‘The jarl’s’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
útnes ‘the outlying’
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útnes (noun n.)
hroðit ‘headland’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
róg ‘to the strife’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander < rógþing (noun n.): strife-assembly
kennings
rógþings‘to the strife-assembly ’
= BATTLE
to the strife-assembly → BATTLE
notes
[3] vanir rógþings ‘accustomed to the strife-assembly [BATTLE]’: The battle-kenning rógþing ‘strife-assembly’ is not well formed, because the determinant róg- is synonymous with the referent ‘battle’. Similarly, in the previous stanza (Ǫrv 100/4), the ruler-kenning dróttinn lýða ‘the lord of men’ suffers from the same fault, suggesting that knowledge of how to build kennings was waning at the time when these stanzas were achieving the forms in which they have been recorded.
þings ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < rógþing (noun n.): strife-assembly
kennings
rógþings‘to the strife-assembly ’
= BATTLE
to the strife-assembly → BATTLE
notes
[3] vanir rógþings ‘accustomed to the strife-assembly [BATTLE]’: The battle-kenning rógþing ‘strife-assembly’ is not well formed, because the determinant róg- is synonymous with the referent ‘battle’. Similarly, in the previous stanza (Ǫrv 100/4), the ruler-kenning dróttinn lýða ‘the lord of men’ suffers from the same fault, suggesting that knowledge of how to build kennings was waning at the time when these stanzas were achieving the forms in which they have been recorded.
notes
[3] vanir rógþings ‘accustomed to the strife-assembly [BATTLE]’: The battle-kenning rógþing ‘strife-assembly’ is not well formed, because the determinant róg- is synonymous with the referent ‘battle’. Similarly, in the previous stanza (Ǫrv 100/4), the ruler-kenning dróttinn lýða ‘the lord of men’ suffers from the same fault, suggesting that knowledge of how to build kennings was waning at the time when these stanzas were achieving the forms in which they have been recorded.
sem ‘like’
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sem (conj.): as, which
notes
[4] sem refar hundum ‘like foxes to dogs’: The simile here suggests that the unidentified jarl’s troops are used to being attacked by more aggressive warriors, among whom Oddr doubtless includes himself and his men. It is not clear from the prose text who ‘the jarl’s troops’ are, as the episode concerns a group of berserks.
refar ‘foxes’
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refr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): fox
notes
[4] sem refar hundum ‘like foxes to dogs’: The simile here suggests that the unidentified jarl’s troops are used to being attacked by more aggressive warriors, among whom Oddr doubtless includes himself and his men. It is not clear from the prose text who ‘the jarl’s troops’ are, as the episode concerns a group of berserks.
hundum ‘to dogs’
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hundr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): hound, dog
[4] hundum: so 173ˣ, húðum 343a, hurðum 471
notes
[4] sem refar hundum ‘like foxes to dogs’: The simile here suggests that the unidentified jarl’s troops are used to being attacked by more aggressive warriors, among whom Oddr doubtless includes himself and his men. It is not clear from the prose text who ‘the jarl’s troops’ are, as the episode concerns a group of berserks.
vit ‘and’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
Hjálmarr ‘Hjálmarr’
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Hjalmarr (noun m.): Hjálmarr
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fórum ‘we got’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[6] fórum: so 471, fór 343a, 173ˣ
eldi ‘with fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
usla ‘embers’
[7] usla: so 471, ‘husla’ 343a, ‘orla’ 173ˣ
langskipum ‘the longships’
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langskip (noun n.): longship
[8] langskipum: so 471, 173ˣ, skipum 343a
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The relationship of this stanza to events reported in the prose saga is rather tenuous, but it probably concerns a passage (Ǫrv 1888, 66-7) in which Oddr and Hjálmarr and their men take on a group of berserks in Selund (ModDan. Sjælland, ModEngl. Zealand). Oddr becomes separated from Hjálmarr when he pursues the berserks on land, while Hjálmarr clears their ship.
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