ǪrvOdd Ævdr 43VIII (Ǫrv 113)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 113 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 43)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 921.
Sóti ‘Sóti’
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sóti (noun m.; °-a): steed, Sóti
notes
[1]: Sóti is the name of a formidable viking opponent of Oddr’s, according to the prose text (Ǫrv 1888, 54-9), though in Hjálm Lv 9/4 (Ǫrv 19), another man named Sóti is said to be one of Hjálmarr’s companions. See Note to this line. Interestingly, ch. 6 of ÓH in Hkr (ÍF 27, 6) describes King Óláfr Haraldsson’s encounter with a viking called Sóti at a place named Sótasker ‘Sóti’s skerry’ which is said to be located í Svíaskerjum ‘in the skerries of the Swedes’. One or other of either Ǫrv or Hkr may be the borrower of such similar and otherwise unattested material. The name Sóti ‘Sooty’ occurs elsewhere as a horse-heiti (cf. Anon Þorgþ I 1/6III and Note).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Hálfdan ‘Hálfdan’
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Halfdan (noun m.): Hálfdan
notes
[1]: In the prose narrative (Ǫrv 1888, 52-6), Hálfdan is the name of a viking Oddr challenged and killed immediately before his encounter with Sóti. In the prose text Hálfdan is said to lurk by the Götaälv skerries (við Elfarsker), not in the Swedish skerries on the eastern side of the Swedish coast.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[2] í Svíaskerjum ‘in the skerries of the Swedes’: See Note to l. 1 above and Ǫrv 48, Note to [All].
Svíaskerjum ‘the skerries of the Swedes’
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Svíasker (noun n.)
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[2] í Svíaskerjum ‘in the skerries of the Swedes’: See Note to l. 1 above and Ǫrv 48, Note to [All].
mörgum ‘of many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
manni ‘a man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
at ‘the’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
morði ‘death’
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1. morð (noun n.; °-s; -): killing, battle
Unnum ‘We’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
þeira ‘of their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
þaðan ‘from there’
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þaðan (adv.): from there
færim ‘we departed’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[6] færim: færum 343a, 173ˣ, færi 471
notes
[6] færim ‘we departed’: A normalisation of two of the mss’ færum is required to produce a subj. verb after áðr ‘before’; cf. NS §302b.
hundrað ‘a hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
[7] hundrað: so 471, hálft hundrað 343a, 173ˣ
skipa ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
hroðit ‘succeeded in clearing’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
með ‘from’
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með (prep.): with
stöfnum ‘stem to stern’
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stafn (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): prow
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The continuous Ævdr now breaks the sequence of the prose narrative to return to an episode in Oddr’s life that took place before his expedition to Ireland. According to the prose text (Ǫrv 1888, 54-9), shortly after his return from Permia, Oddr sets out to confront the viking Sóti, having been told by his father, Grímr, that Sóti was an extraordinary opponent well worthy of his son, and Sóti is said to lurk south off Skien in the prose texts. This detail may have been what attracted the compilers of the continuous Ævdr to place this stanza immediately after Ǫrv 112, which mentions this place.
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