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.
Sjólfr ‘Sjólfr’
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Sjolfr (noun m.)
vartu ‘you were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sverð ‘swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[3] á jarli ‘on the jarl’: The reading of 7, á hjarli ‘on the earth’ makes poor sense and provides excess alliteration. Ms. 344a has á skeiðum ‘on the war-ships’.
jarli ‘the jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
[3] jarli: so 343a, 471, 173ˣ, hjarli 7, skeiðum 344a
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[3] á jarli ‘on the jarl’: The reading of 7, á hjarli ‘on the earth’ makes poor sense and provides excess alliteration. Ms. 344a has á skeiðum ‘on the war-ships’.
fyr ‘off’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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[4] fyr Hléseyju ‘off Læsø’: Læsø (ON Hlésey) is an island in the Kattegat off the north-east coast of Jutland.
Hlés ‘Læs’
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Hlér (noun m.): Hlér < Hlésey (noun f.): [Læsø, Hlésey]
[4] Hlés‑: ‘hleys’ 344a
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[4] fyr Hléseyju ‘off Læsø’: Læsø (ON Hlésey) is an island in the Kattegat off the north-east coast of Jutland.
eyju ‘ø’
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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island < Hlésey (noun f.): [Læsø, Hlésey]
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[4] fyr Hléseyju ‘off Læsø’: Læsø (ON Hlésey) is an island in the Kattegat off the north-east coast of Jutland.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[5] en þú: heldr 344a, þóttu 343a, 173ˣ
hallaðiz ‘were lolling around’
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halla (verb): turn sideways, sway, lean
[5] hallaðiz: ‘hnalladir þu’ 344a, kallaðiz 343a, 173ˣ
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
kyn ‘marvellously’
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2. kyn (noun n.; °; -): wonder < kynmálasamr (adj.)
[7] kyn‑: kynn‑ 343a, 173ˣ
notes
[7] kynmálasamr ‘marvellously talkative’: The cpd is a hap. leg. The first element kyn- as a simplex means ‘marvel, wonder’ and functions here as an intensifier.
málasamr ‘talkative’
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málasamr (adj.) < kynmálasamr (adj.)
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[7] kynmálasamr ‘marvellously talkative’: The cpd is a hap. leg. The first element kyn- as a simplex means ‘marvel, wonder’ and functions here as an intensifier.
kálfs ‘the calf’
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kalfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): calf
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þýjar ‘the servant woman’
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þý (noun f.; °-jar/-ar, acc. -ju; -jar): bondswoman
[8] þýjar: þýja 173ˣ
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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).
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