ǪrvOdd Ævdr 41VIII (Ǫrv 111)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 111 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 41)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 919.
Vara ‘It was not’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] Vara: varat 567IV, 343a(66r), 471(71v), 471(95r), var 343a(81r), 173ˣ(31v), 173ˣ(63rb)
sem ‘like when’
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sem (conj.): as, which
brynja ‘a mail-coat’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
bláir ‘dark’
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blár (adj.): black
hringar ‘mailrings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
ísköld ‘ice-cold’
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ískaldr (adj.): [ice-cold]
[3] ísköld: verðr köld 344a, í skjöld 471(71v), 471(95r)
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
felli ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
er ‘the’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[5] þá er of síður: þó er ei síðr 173ˣ(31v), 173ˣ(63rb)
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
[5] þá er of síður: þó er ei síðr 173ˣ(31v), 173ˣ(63rb)
síður ‘sides’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
[5] þá er of síður: þó er ei síðr 173ˣ(31v), 173ˣ(63rb)
silkiskyrta ‘silken shirt’
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silkiskyrta (noun f.)
gulli ‘with gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
saumuð ‘sewn’
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sauma (verb): sew
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[8] gekk: ‘grimdar’ 173ˣ(31v)
fast ‘firmly’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast < fastofinn (adj.)
notes
[8] fastofin ‘firmly woven’: Like Skj B and Skald and FSGJ 2, 353, but unlike Ǫrv 1888 and 1892, Edd. Min. and FSGJ 2, 243, this edn has chosen the lectio difficilior ‑ofin ‘woven’ (p. p. of vefa ‘weave’) over the majority mss’ ofan ‘down, from above’, which is a possible reading, but less good. The cpd fastofinn is not recorded in LP.
ofin ‘woven’
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vefa (verb): enfold, weave < fastofinn (adj.)
[8] ‑ofin: so 343a(66r), 173ˣ(31v), ofan 7, 344a, 567IV, 343a(81r), 471(71v), 471(95r), 173ˣ(63rb)
notes
[8] fastofin ‘firmly woven’: Like Skj B and Skald and FSGJ 2, 353, but unlike Ǫrv 1888 and 1892, Edd. Min. and FSGJ 2, 243, this edn has chosen the lectio difficilior ‑ofin ‘woven’ (p. p. of vefa ‘weave’) over the majority mss’ ofan ‘down, from above’, which is a possible reading, but less good. The cpd fastofinn is not recorded in LP.
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In the saga prosimetrum this stanza follows immediately upon Ǫlvǫr Lv 1 (Ǫrv 4) (q. v.), in which the Irish woman Ǫlvǫr describes how the magic shirt she has woven for Oddr is made up of parts woven in six different locations. In the younger mss, 343a, 471 and 173ˣ, the stanza also appears in the continuous Ævdr. Oddr’s stanza contrasts the feel of the magical silken shirt, which will protect him from several kinds of harm, with the ice-cold sensation of putting on metal armour. Ǫlvǫr has previously assured him that the shirt will prevent him from feeling the cold and hunger pangs, will protect him from fire and fatigue while swimming, and from all weapons, provided he does not run away from fights. These properties are proven in various of Oddr’s adventures later in the saga.
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