ǪrvOdd Lv 13VIII (Ǫrv 46)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 46 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 859.
text and translation
Sigurðr, vartu eigi, er á Selund feldak
bræðr bölharða Brand ok Agnar,
Ásmund, Ingjald, Álfr var inn fimti.
En þú heima látt í höll konungs,
skrökmálasamr, skauð hernumin.
Sigurðr, vartu eigi, er feldak á Selund bölharða bræðr Brand ok Agnar, Ásmund, Ingjald, Álfr var inn fimti. En þú, skrökmálasamr, látt heima í höll konungs, hernumin skauð.
‘Sigurðr, you were not [there] when on Sjælland I felled the harm-hard brothers Brandr and Agnarr, Ásmundr, Ingjaldr; Álfr was the fifth. But you, babbler of lies, lay at home in the king’s hall, you forcibly taken cunt. ’
notes and context
As for Ǫrv 45.
In this stanza Oddr accuses Sigurðr of not being present when he, in company with Ásmundr and Hjálmarr, fought on the Danish island of Selund (ModDan. Sjælland, ModEngl. Zealand) against five berserk brothers, Brandr, Ásmundr, Agnarr, Ingjaldr and Álfr. According to the saga, Oddr killed all the brothers without suffering a single wound (Ǫrv 1888, 66-7; Ǫrv 1892, 35-6). — This stanza has ten lines, instead of the usual eight, and most eds regard ll. 5-6 as a later insertion; however, they are present in all mss and the names correspond to those of the five berserk brothers in the prose saga. Ms. 173ˣ has ll. 5-6 but omits ll. 9-10.
readings
- [1] Sigurðr: so all others, ok Sigurðr 7
- [1] eigi: ei 173ˣ
- [2] er: om. 344a, 343a, 173ˣ
- [2] Selund: Sælundi 344a, 343a, Sælǫndum 173ˣ
- [3] bræðr bölharða: bræðr mjök bölharða 344a, bræðr í böð harða 343a, bræðr böðharða 471, er ek bræðr felda 173ˣ
- [4] Agnar: Angarr 173ˣ
- [5] Ingjald: Ingjall 344a
- [6] Álfr var: Álf 344a
- [6] fimti: fimta 344a
- [7] látt: sazt 173ˣ
- [8] konungs: kominn 173ˣ
- [9] skrökmála‑: ‘skrokmæla’ 471
- [10] skauð: ‘skud’ 344a
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/28 - 54v/30
imagesok Sigurðr, vartu eigi,
er á Selund feldak
bræðr bölharða
Brand ok Agnar,
Ásmund, Ingjald,
Álfr var inn fimti.
En þú heima látt
í höll konungs,
skrökmálasamr,
skauð hernumin.ok sigurðr var | tu eigi er a sælunnd felldag. bro᷎ðr baulharða brannd ok agnar. asmund. jngialld. alfr var enn fimti | enn þu heima latt iho᷎ll konungs. skrauk mala samr skauð hernumin.
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 21v/19 - 21v/21
Sigurðr, vartu eigi,
images
á Sælundi feldak
bræðr mjök bölharða
Brand ok Agnar,
Ásmund, Ingjall,
Álf inn fimta.
En þú heima látt
í höll konungs,
skrökmálasamr,
†skud† hernumin. -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77r/35 - 77r/37
Sigurðr, vartu eigi,
images
á Sælundi feldak
bræðr í böð harða
Brand ok Agnar,
Ásmund, Ingjald,
Álfr var inn fimti.
En þú heima látt
í höll konungs,
skrökmálasamr,
skauð hernumin. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 89r - 89r
Sigurðr, vartu eigi,
images
er á Selund feldak
bræðr böðharða
Brand ok Agnar,
Ásmund, Ingjald,
Álfr var inn fimti.
En þú heima látt
í höll konungs,
†skrokmæla†samr,
skauð hernumin. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 53v/7 - 53v/14 [1-8]
Sigurðr, vartu ei,
images
á Sælǫndum feldak
er ek bræðr felda
Brand ok Angarr,
Ásmund, Ingjald,
Álfr var inn fimti.
En þú heima sazt
í höll kominn,
skrökmálasamr,
skauð hernumin. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28r/13 - 28r/16
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