ǪrvOdd Ævdr 49VIII (Ǫrv 119)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 119 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 49)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 926.
text and translation
Hafða ek eigi á aldri mínum
höfuð hraustara hvergi fundit.
Bar ek mér á herðum hjálmum grimman,
ok til Sigtúna síðan hafðak.
Ek hafða eigi á aldri mínum hvergi fundit hraustara höfuð. Ek bar grimman hjálmum á herðum mér, ok hafðak síðan til Sigtúna.
‘I had not in my life anywhere found a braver warrior. I carried the man fierce to helmets on my shoulders and afterwards brought him to Sigtuna. ’
notes and context
According to the saga prose (Ǫrv 1888, 106-8), Oddr carried the dead Hjálmarr down to the shore and aboard his ship. Once he reached Sweden, he lifted his dead friend onto his back and carried him, together with his mail-coat and helmet, to the king’s hall in Uppsala (not Sigtuna, as in this stanza). — [5]: Most eds have either cliticised bar ek (so Skj B, Skald and FSGJ) or bracketed mér (so Ǫrv 1888).
readings
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 81r/25 - 81r/26
imagesHafda ec eigi a alldri minum | hofud hraustara huergi fundit · bar ec mier a herdum hialmum grimmann · ok til sigtuna sidan hafdac |
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 95v - 95v
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 63vb/10 - 63vb/17
Hafða ek aldri
images
á aldri mínum
höfuð hraustara
hvergi fundit.
Bar ek mér á herðum
Hjálmar grimman,
ok til Sigtúna
síðan færða. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 34r/15 - 34r/16
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