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.
Lét ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
eigi ‘did not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
langt ‘a long time’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
bíða ‘pass’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Sæundi ‘by Sæundr’
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Sæundr (noun m.)
notes
[3] Sæundi ‘Sæundr’: All three mss have this form of the viking’s name, although it is at variance with the prose texts of 343a and 471. This seems to indicate that this detail of the Ævdr was not based directly on the prose texts of the younger mss.
at ‘before’
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4. at (conj.): that
sjónum ‘seen’
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sjón (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): eyes, sight
varð ‘I was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
skatnar ‘Men’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
skip ‘ships’
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skip (noun n.; °-s; -): ship
mín ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
hroðin ‘’
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1. hrjóða (verb): clear, destroy
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
sjálfr ‘I myself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
þaðan ‘from there’
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þaðan (adv.): from there
sunds ‘away’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
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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.
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