ǪrvOdd Ævdr 66VIII (Ǫrv 136)
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 ‘shoot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skemra ‘shorter’
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skammr (adj.): short
en ‘than’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
skilfingar ‘the princes’
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skilfingr (noun m.): lord, king
[2] skilfingar: so 471, 173ˣ, ‘skilmingar’ 343a
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
léttskafin ‘a lightly shaved’
lind ‘linden spear-shaft’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
notes
[4] lind ‘the linden spear-shaft’: Lind more often refers to a shield made of linden wood, but here the hap. leg. adj. léttskafin ‘lightly shaved’ makes it more likely that a spear-shaft is meant.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hendi ‘my hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
Réðum ‘we’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
sunds ‘in swimming’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kosta ‘contended’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
lét ‘gave’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[7] lét ek báða þá: so 471, lét ek þá báða 343a, þá lét ek báða 173ˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[7] lét ek báða þá: so 471, lét ek þá báða 343a, þá lét ek báða 173ˣ
báða ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
[7] lét ek báða þá: so 471, lét ek þá báða 343a, þá lét ek báða 173ˣ
þá ‘of them’
[7] lét ek báða þá: so 471, lét ek þá báða 343a, þá lét ek báða 173ˣ
blóði ‘bloody’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
snýta ‘noses’
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2. snýta (verb)
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