ǪrvOdd Ævdr 37VIII (Ǫrv 107)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 107 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 37)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 916.
Létum ‘We made’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
vestr ‘west’
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2. vestr (adv.): west, in the west
þaðan ‘from there’
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þaðan (adv.): from there
[1] þaðan: so 471, 173ˣ, ‘þadan’ with d changed from g in scribal hand 343a
vandar ‘of the mast’
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vǫndr (noun m.; °vandar, dat. vendi/vǫnd; vendir, acc. vǫndu/vendi): rod, want, mast
[2] vandar: vinda 173ˣ
kennings
fáka vandar‘the horses of the mast ’
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the horses of the mast → SHIPS
fáka ‘the horses’
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fákr (noun m.; °; -ar): horse
kennings
fáka vandar‘the horses of the mast ’
= SHIPS
the horses of the mast → SHIPS
Írlands ‘Ireland’
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Írland (noun n.): [Ireland]
vit ‘the way to’
[3] á vit: óvit 173ˣ
kanna ‘explore’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
[4] kanna: kenna 343a, koma 471, kenna or brenna 173ˣ
Höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
þeira ‘Their’
[5] þeira: so 471, þá 343a, þaðra 173ˣ
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
kómum ‘we arrived’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
drengir ‘men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
drósir ‘women’
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drós (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): lady
drifit ‘fled’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
húsum ‘the houses’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house
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The prose saga tells that Oddr and his companions ravage, burn and kill Irish people when they arrive in Ireland (Ǫrv 1888, 70-1).
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