Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 136 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 66)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 942.
Skaut ek ei skemra en skilfingar;
var léttskafin lind í hendi.
Réðum síðan sunds at kosta;
lét ek báða þá blóði snýta.
Ek skaut ei skemra en skilfingar; léttskafin lind var í hendi. Réðum síðan at kosta sunds; ek lét þá báða snýta blóði.
‘I did not shoot shorter than the princes; a lightly shaved linden spear-shaft was in my hand. Then we contended in swimming; I gave both of them bloody noses. ’
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.
Skaut ek eigi skemra
en †skilmingar†;
var léttskafin
lind í hendi.
Réðum síðan
sunds at kosta;
lét ek þá báða
blóði snýta.
Skaut ec eigi skemra enn sk | ilmingar var lett skafin lind j hendi ʀedum sidan sunnz at kosta · let ec þa bada bl | odi snyta ·
(HA)
Skaut ek skemra
en skilfingar;
var léttskafin
lind í hendi.
Réðum síðan
sunds at kosta;
lét ek báða þá
blóði snýta.
Skaut ek ei skemra
en skilfingar;
var léttskafin
lind í hendi.
Réðum síðan
sunds at kosta;
þá lét ek báða
blóði snýta.
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