ǪrvOdd Ævdr 65VIII (Ǫrv 135)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 135 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 65)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 942.
Kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
um ‘at’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
síðir ‘last’
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1. síð (noun f.; °; -ir): um síðir: in the end
þóttuz ‘considered themselves’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[2] þóttuz: so 471, 173ˣ, ‘þottunzt’ 343a
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Sjólfr ‘Sjólfr’
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Sjolfr (noun m.)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sveit ‘company’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
konungs ‘the king’s’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
Réð ‘advised’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
skatna ‘of warriors’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
lið ‘The troop’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
beiða ‘try’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
skjald ‘agility’
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skjǫldr (noun m.; °skjaldar/skildar, dat. skildi; skildir, acc. skjǫldu): shield < skjaldfimi (noun f.)
[7] skjald‑: so 471, skjaldar 343a, 173ˣ
notes
[7] skjaldfimi ‘agility with the shield’: A hap. leg., but the meaning of the two elements of this cpd is clear. The adj. fimr means ‘nimble, agile’.
notes
[7] skjaldfimi ‘agility with the shield’: A hap. leg., but the meaning of the two elements of this cpd is clear. The adj. fimr means ‘nimble, agile’.
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
skata ‘of men’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
[8] skata: so 471, skatna 343a, 173ˣ
mengi ‘the crowd’
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mengi (noun n.): multitude, crowd
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The Ævdr now turns to the episode of Oddr’s visit to the court of King Herrauðr, and his mannjafnaðr with two of the king’s retainers, Sigurðr and Sjólfr. This verbal exchange, accompanied by a drinking contest, is preceded by contests of hunting, shooting with bows and arrows and swimming (see the following stanza), in each of which Oddr, still disguised as Víðfǫrull or Næframaðr (on the name, see Ǫrv 133, Note to l. 7 above), far outdoes his rivals (cf. Ǫrv 1888, 146-57). On the mannjafnaðr with Sigurðr and Sjólfr, see Introduction to Ǫrv 34-58.
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