ǪrvOdd Lv 12VIII (Ǫrv 45)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 45 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 858.
text and translation
Sjólfr, vartu eigi, þar er sverð ruðum
hvöss á jarli fyr Hléseyju,
en þú hallaðiz heima á milli
kynmálasamr kálfs ok þýjar.
Sjólfr, vartu eigi, þar er ruðum hvöss sverð á jarli fyr Hléseyju, en þú hallaðiz heima kynmálasamr á milli kálfs ok þýjar.
‘Sjólfr, you were not there where we reddened sharp swords on the jarl off Læsø, but you were lolling around at home, marvellously talkative, between the calf and the servant woman. ’
notes and context
After reciting the previous stanza, Oddr sits down and Sjólfr and Sigurðr drain their horns. They refill horns for Oddr and bring them to him, but are unable to recite any poetry. They sit down again, Oddr drinks off the horns and fills another two for his rivals. Seeing that they are now very drunk, he recites the two following stanzas.
In this stanza Oddr is alluding to an encounter between himself and Hjálmarr and a viking jarl, Hergautr, who was lying with a fleet of ships off the Danish island of Hlésey (Læsø). They fought, and the jarl was killed together with many of his men (Ǫrv 1888, 77-9; Ǫrv 1892, 41).
readings
- [1] eigi: so all others, ei 7
- [2] ruðum: so all others, om. 7
- [3] hvöss: höss 344a
- [3] jarli: so 343a, 471, 173ˣ, hjarli 7, skeiðum 344a
- [4] Hlés‑: ‘hleys’ 344a
- [5] en þú: heldr 344a, þóttu 343a, 173ˣ
- [5] hallaðiz: ‘hnalladir þu’ 344a, kallaðiz 343a, 173ˣ
- [6] heima: heim 173ˣ
- [6] milli: millum 344a
- [7] kyn‑: kynn‑ 343a, 173ˣ
- [8] þýjar: þýja 173ˣ
sources
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.
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Holm perg 7 4° (7) — 54v/27 - 54v/28
imagesSjólfr, vartu ei,
þar er sverð
hvöss á hjarli
fyr Hléseyju,
en þú hallaðiz
heima á milli
kynmálasamr
kálfs ok þýjar.Siolfr vartu ei þar er suerð. huauss a hiar | li fyr hles eyio · enn þu hallaðiz heima a milli · kyn mala samr kalfs ok þiar.
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 21v/17 - 21v/19
Sjólfr, vartu eigi,
images
þar er sverð ruðum
höss á skeiðum
fyr †hleys†eyju,
heldr †hnalladir þu†
heima á millum
kynmálasamr
kálfs ok þýjar. -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77r/33 - 77r/35
Sjólfr, vartu eigi,
images
þar er sverð ruðum
hvöss á jarli
fyr Hléseyju,
þóttu kallaðiz
heima á milli
kynn-málasamr
kálfs ok þýjar. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 88v - 89r
Sjólfr, vartu eigi,
images
þar er sverð ruðum
hvöss á jarli
fyr Hléseyju,
en þú hallaðiz
heima á milli
kynmálasamr
kálfs ok þýjar. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 53r/30 - 53v/6
Sjólfr, vartu eigi,
images
þar er sverð ruðum
hvöss á jarli
fyr Hléseyju,
þóttu kallaðiz
heim á milli
kynn-málasamr
kálfs ok þýja. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28r/12 - 28r/13
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