ǪrvOdd Ævdr 47VIII (Ǫrv 117)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 117 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 47)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 925.
vit ‘and I’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
Hjálmarr ‘Hjálmarr’
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Hjalmarr (noun m.): Hjálmarr
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
dægr ‘day’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period
glaðir ‘happy’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
meðan ‘while’
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meðan (conj.): while
herskipum ‘warships’
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herskip (noun n.): warship
heilir ‘unscathed’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
réðum ‘we steered’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
unz ‘our’
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2. unz (conj.): until
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
Sámseyju ‘Samsø’
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Sámsey (noun f.)
seggi ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
fundum ‘until we came upon’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ben ‘wound’
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2. ben (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < benlogi (noun m.): wound-flame
kennings
benlogum.‘wound-flames. ’
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wound-flames. → SWORDS
logum ‘flames’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame < benlogi (noun m.): wound-flame
kennings
benlogum.‘wound-flames. ’
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wound-flames. → SWORDS
bregða ‘to brandish’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
kunnu ‘knew how’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
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The poem now begins to deal with the fight between Oddr and Hjálmarr and the twelve berserks on Samsø; see further Introduction to Ǫrv 5-12 and Notes to those stanzas.
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