ǪrvOdd Ævdr 50VIII (Ǫrv 120)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 120 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 50)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 927.
text and translation
Lét ek eigi þess langt at bíða,
at Sæundi at sjónum varð.
Unnu skatnar skip mín hroðin,
en sjálfr þaðan sunds kostaðak.
Lét ek eigi langt at bíða þess, at varð at sjónum Sæundi. Skatnar unnu skip mín hroðin, en sjálfr kostaðak sunds þaðan.
‘I did not let a long time pass before I was seen by Sæundr. Men cleared my ships, but I myself swam away from there. ’
notes and context
This laconic stanza refers to a rather foolhardy adventure Oddr undertakes immediately after he has returned to Sweden with Hjálmarr’s corpse. His viking opponent, who has many more ships than Oddr has, is named Sæundr in 344a and Sæviðr in 7, while the prose texts of 343a and 471 name him Sæmundr (Ǫrv 1888, 108-9). Sæundr and his men clear all Oddr’s ships, and he himself is wounded in the calf. Though he is captured and held aboard one of the enemy ships, he manages to break free and swim to safety. See further Ǫrv 52 and Note to [All], where the aftermath of this episode is recounted. — [8]: This line is very similar to Ív Sig 41/8II.
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/27 - 81r/28
imagesLét ek eigi þess
langt at bíða,
at Sæundi
at sjónum varð.
unnum skatnar
skip mín hroðin,
en sjálfr þaðan
sunds kostaðak.Liet ec eigi þess langt at bijda at ec sæundi at sionum uard · unnum skattnar skip min hrodin | enn ec sialfr þadan sunz kostadig ·
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 95v - 95v
Lét ek eigi þess
images
langt er bíða,
at Sæundi
at sjónum varð.
Unnu skatnar
skip mín hroðin,
en sjálfr þaðan
sunds kostaði. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 63vb/18 - 63vb/25
Lét ek eigi þess
images
langt er bíða,
at Sæundi
at sjónum varð.
Unnu skatnar
skip mín hroðin,
en sjálfr þaðan
sunds kostaði. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 34r/16 - 34r/18
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