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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 35VIII (Ǫrv 105)

Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 105 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 35)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 915.

Ǫrvar-OddrÆvidrápa
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gaf ‘gave’

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gefa (verb): give

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Hjálmarr ‘Hjálmarr’

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Hjalmarr (noun m.): Hjálmarr

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inn ‘inn’

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2. inn (art.): the

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hugumstóri ‘hugumstóri’

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hugumstórr (adj.)

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fimm ‘five’

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fimm (num. cardinal): five

[3] fimm: ‘v’ 471, 173ˣ

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á ‘in’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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fold ‘the land’

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fold (noun f.): land

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saman ‘together’

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saman (adv.): together

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Unða ‘enjoyed’

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auði ‘my prosperity’

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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth

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meðan ‘while’

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meðan (conj.): while

[6] meðan: á meðan 173ˣ

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hringa ‘rings’

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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword

[7] hringa: hringum all

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[7] hringa ‘rings’: It is necessary to emend all mss’ hringum (dat. pl.) to hringa (gen. pl.), as kveðja ‘demand’ takes the acc. of the person and the gen. of the thing demanded.

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ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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friðar ‘peace’

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friðr (noun m.): peace

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The first helmingr follows the prose saga closely, though a line is missing in 7 corresponding to that part of the stanza; from what remains in 7, it seems that Hjálmarr only gave Oddr three (not five) homesteads, though five are mentioned in 344a.

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