ǪgmEyb Lv 3VIII (Ǫrv 33)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 33 (Ǫgmundr Eyþjófsbani, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 846.
Þeir ‘They are’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
elta ‘pursuing’
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2. elta (verb; °-lt-): chase
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
alltómliga ‘’
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alltómliga (adv.)
notes
[2] allsýsliga ‘very quickly’: Ms. 471’s reading alltómliga ‘very slowly, at a very leisurely pace’ seems to be the opposite of what is required.
Oddr ‘Oddr’
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Oddr (noun m.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Sírnir ‘Sírnir’
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Sírnir (noun m.)
orrostu ‘the fight’
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orrusta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): battle
notes
[4] frá orrostu ‘from the fight’: Ms. 471’s reading is metrical, but 343a’s is not, the scribe perhaps not understanding the postposition of the prep. frá.
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] frá orrostu ‘from the fight’: Ms. 471’s reading is metrical, but 343a’s is not, the scribe perhaps not understanding the postposition of the prep. frá.
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This helmingr is treated as a separate stanza in Skj and Skald, though it runs on without a break in both mss. It is not found in 173ˣ.
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