ǪrvOdd Ævdr 48VIII (Ǫrv 118)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 118 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 48)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 926.
falla ‘to fall’
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falla (verb): fall
und ‘beneath’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
fætr ‘claws’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
tírar ‘glory’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tírarlauss (adj.): [without glory]
[3] tírar‑: tíra‑ 173ˣ
lausa ‘lacking’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < tírarlauss (adj.): [without glory]
tólf ‘twelve’
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tolf (num. cardinal): twelve
notes
[4] tólf berserki ‘twelve berserks’: These were the twelve sons of Arngrímr and Eyfura named in Hjálm Lv 1 (Ǫrv 5).
berserki ‘berserks’
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berserkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir, gen. -ja): Berserk
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[4] tólf berserki ‘twelve berserks’: These were the twelve sons of Arngrímr and Eyfura named in Hjálm Lv 1 (Ǫrv 5).
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skiljaz ‘obliged to part’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
á ‘on that’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[6] á skapadægri ‘on that fated day’: That is, the day of Hjálmarr’s death, when he kills the chief of the berserks, Angantýr, but himself sustains mortal wounds. See ONP: skapadøgr for the otherwise prose uses of this cpd.
skapadægri ‘fated day’
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skapadœgr (noun n.): [his fated day]
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[6] á skapadægri ‘on that fated day’: That is, the day of Hjálmarr’s death, when he kills the chief of the berserks, Angantýr, but himself sustains mortal wounds. See ONP: skapadøgr for the otherwise prose uses of this cpd.
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
inn ‘the one’
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2. inn (art.): the
mesta ‘greatest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
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[8] fulltrúa minn ‘my confidant’: A completely trustworthy companion, in this case Hjálmarr. Also used in ǪrvOdd Ævdr 69 (Ǫrv 139) of Oddr’s patron, Hárekr, at King Herrauðr’s court. Cf. Sigsk 14/10, Brot 2/8.
fulltrúa ‘confidant’
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fulltrúi (noun m.): confidant
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[8] fulltrúa minn ‘my confidant’: A completely trustworthy companion, in this case Hjálmarr. Also used in ǪrvOdd Ævdr 69 (Ǫrv 139) of Oddr’s patron, Hárekr, at King Herrauðr’s court. Cf. Sigsk 14/10, Brot 2/8.
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