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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 38^VIII (Ǫrv 108)

Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 108 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 38)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 917.

Ǫrvar-Oddr Ævidrápa

Rann ‘ran’

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2. renna (verb): run (strong)

[1] Rann: so 344a, 567IV, 343a(65v), 343a(81r), 471(71r), 471(95r), 173ˣ(63ra), fann 7, 173ˣ(30r)

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

at ‘along’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[1] at: á 173ˣ(30r), om. 173ˣ(63ra)

notes

[1-2] at víðri slóðgötu vagns ‘along a wide waggon trackway’: Lit. ‘along a wide trackway of the waggon’.

víðri ‘a wide’

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víðr (adj.): far

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[1-2] at víðri slóðgötu vagns ‘along a wide waggon trackway’: Lit. ‘along a wide trackway of the waggon’.

vagns ‘waggon’

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vagn (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wagon

[2] vagns: vegn 344a, vagn 567IV, 343a(65v), 343a(81r), 471(71r), 471(95r), 173ˣ(30r), 173ˣ(63ra)

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[1-2] at víðri slóðgötu vagns ‘along a wide waggon trackway’: Lit. ‘along a wide trackway of the waggon’.

slóð ‘track’

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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track < slóðgata (noun f.)

[2] slóð‑: slóðs 344a, 173ˣ(63ra)

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[1-2] at víðri slóðgötu vagns ‘along a wide waggon trackway’: Lit. ‘along a wide trackway of the waggon’.

götu ‘way’

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gata (noun f.): path, road < slóðgata (noun f.)

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[1-2] at víðri slóðgötu vagns ‘along a wide waggon trackway’: Lit. ‘along a wide trackway of the waggon’.

áðr ‘before’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

[3] áðr: unz 344a, 343a(81r), 471(95r), undrum 173ˣ(63ra)

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[3] áðr ‘before’: Some mss have unz ‘until’, a reading preferred by both Skj B and Skald, and possibly providing better sense.

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[3] ek: enn 343a(65v), 173ˣ(30r), om. 471(95r)

streng ‘bow-string’

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strengr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): string, rope, bow-string < strengvǫlr (noun m.): [fierce bow-string]

[3] strengvölum: ‘stronghuelum’ 344a

kennings

stríðum strengvölum.
‘fierce bow-string sticks. ’
= ARROWS
fierce bow-string sticks. → ARROWS

völum ‘sticks’

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vǫlr (noun m.): stick < strengvǫlr (noun m.): [fierce bow-string]

[3] strengvölum: ‘stronghuelum’ 344a

kennings

stríðum strengvölum.
‘fierce bow-string sticks. ’
= ARROWS
fierce bow-string sticks. → ARROWS

stríðum ‘fierce’

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stríðr (adj.): harsh

[4] stríðum: so all others, stríðum corrected from stórum 7

kennings

stríðum strengvölum.
‘fierce bow-string sticks. ’
= ARROWS
fierce bow-string sticks. → ARROWS

mættak ‘met with’

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mœta (verb): meet

[4] mættak: mættik 567IV, mætti 343a(81r), mætta 173ˣ(30r), 173ˣ(63ra)

Munda ‘would’

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munu (verb): will, must

[5] Munda ek: mundig 567IV

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

[5] Munda ek: mundig 567IV

Ásmund ‘Ásmundr’

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ásmundr (noun m.; °; -ar): Ásmundr

[5] Ásmund: ‘As’ 471(71r)

auði ‘riches’

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

mínum ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

aptr ‘’

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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back

ódáinn ‘back to life’

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ódáinn (adj.)

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[7] ódáinn ‘back to life’: Lit. ‘undead’.

öllum ‘with all’

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allr (adj.): all

kaupa ‘buy’

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kaupa (verb): buy

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This stanza is found in all mss, and twice in 343a, 471 and 173ˣ. It relates to an episode that takes place in Ireland, according to the saga (Ǫrv 1888, 70-1), during which Oddr and Ásmundr are alone together in a wood, when suddenly an unseen assailant sends an arrow flying out of the trees. It scores a direct hit on Ásmundr, who falls down dead. Oddr flies into a rage, and rampages about the countryside killing people with his own magic arrows. He encounters an Irish woman, whose kin he had killed, and who strikes a bargain with him, that she will make him a magic protective shirt if he refrains from taking vengeance on her family for the killing of Ásmundr. In the saga prose, Oddr recites st. 108 to Hjálmarr who has asked if Oddr has avenged Ásmundr’s killing.

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