ǪrvOdd Ævdr 36VIII (Ǫrv 106)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 106 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 36)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 915.
allir ‘All’
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allr (adj.): all
á ‘on a’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[2] á feginsdægri ‘on a day of joy’: The only other occurrence of this cpd in poetry (feginsdagr) is in Anon Sól 82/3VII, where the word has a Christian sense and refers to Judgement Day (see Note to this line). Cf. also the cpd feginsmorginn ‘morning of joy’ (ESk Sigdr I 3/8II), referring to the Norwegian king Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon’s arrival at the Crusader port of Acre.
feginsdægri ‘day of joy’
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feginsdagr (noun m.; °dat. ·degi)
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[2] á feginsdægri ‘on a day of joy’: The only other occurrence of this cpd in poetry (feginsdagr) is in Anon Sól 82/3VII, where the word has a Christian sense and refers to Judgement Day (see Note to this line). Cf. also the cpd feginsmorginn ‘morning of joy’ (ESk Sigdr I 3/8II), referring to the Norwegian king Sigurðr jórsalafari ‘Jerusalem-farer’ Magnússon’s arrival at the Crusader port of Acre.
svenskir ‘Swedish’
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svenskr (adj.)
seggir ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[4] ok Sigurðr norðan: so 471, 173ˣ, norðar 343a
notes
[4] ok Sigurðr norðan ‘and Sigurðr from the north’: That is, Oddr’s kinsmen who have returned to Hrafnista for the winter. Ms. 343a is defective here, although there is no actual lacuna.
Sigurðr ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
[4] ok Sigurðr norðan: so 471, 173ˣ, norðar 343a
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[4] ok Sigurðr norðan ‘and Sigurðr from the north’: That is, Oddr’s kinsmen who have returned to Hrafnista for the winter. Ms. 343a is defective here, although there is no actual lacuna.
norðan ‘from the north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
[4] ok Sigurðr norðan: so 471, 173ˣ, norðar 343a
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[4] ok Sigurðr norðan ‘and Sigurðr from the north’: That is, Oddr’s kinsmen who have returned to Hrafnista for the winter. Ms. 343a is defective here, although there is no actual lacuna.
Ræntu ‘robbed’
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ræna (verb): rob
ýtar ‘Men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
eyjarskeggja ‘the island-beards’
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eyjarskeggi (noun m.; °; -jar)
auði ‘their wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
öllum ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
en ‘and’
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hón (noun f.): she
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[8] en þeir biðu elds ‘and they suffered fire’: This clause is understood here to mean that the islanders who survived the vikings’ robbery had to endure the scorched earth policy that followed it. Skj B understands l. 8 as a relative clause referring to the islanders som måtte opleve flammerne ‘who had to suffer the flames’.
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[8] en þeir biðu elds ‘and they suffered fire’: This clause is understood here to mean that the islanders who survived the vikings’ robbery had to endure the scorched earth policy that followed it. Skj B understands l. 8 as a relative clause referring to the islanders som måtte opleve flammerne ‘who had to suffer the flames’.
elds ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
notes
[8] en þeir biðu elds ‘and they suffered fire’: This clause is understood here to mean that the islanders who survived the vikings’ robbery had to endure the scorched earth policy that followed it. Skj B understands l. 8 as a relative clause referring to the islanders som måtte opleve flammerne ‘who had to suffer the flames’.
biðu ‘suffered’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
[8] biðu: so 471, 173ˣ, bíða 343a
notes
[8] en þeir biðu elds ‘and they suffered fire’: This clause is understood here to mean that the islanders who survived the vikings’ robbery had to endure the scorched earth policy that followed it. Skj B understands l. 8 as a relative clause referring to the islanders som måtte opleve flammerne ‘who had to suffer the flames’.
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The saga prose relates how, after spending the winter in Sweden, Oddr and Hjálmarr meet up with Ásmundr and company at the Götaälv (Ǫrv 1888, 68, 69) and decide to go raiding that summer. Oddr says he prefers to go westwards. According to 7, they first reach the islands of Orkney and raid there, after which they proceed to Scotland. Ms. 344a has them visit these two places in reverse order.
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