ǪrvOdd Ævdr 51VIII (Ǫrv 121)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 121 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 51)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 928.
Gekk ‘travelled’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
um ‘through’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
Gautland ‘Götaland’
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Gautland (noun n.): [Götaland]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
grimmum ‘angry’
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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
hug ‘mood’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
sex ‘for six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
dægr ‘days’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
samt ‘together’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
Sæund ‘Sæundr’
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Sæundr (noun m.)
Lét ‘caused’
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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
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sex ‘six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
átta ‘eight’
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átta (num. cardinal): eight
með ‘together with’
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með (prep.): with
sjálfum ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
gram ‘the chief’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
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The first two lines of this stanza are exactly the same as ll. 1-2 of ǪrvOdd Lv 19 (Ǫrv 52), which belongs to Oddr’s mannjafnaðr with Sjólfr and Sigurðr. Ǫrv 52 is found in all mss (cf. Ǫrv 1888, 164-5), and ll. 3-8 of this stanza are obviously a variant of Ǫrv 52/3-8.
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