ǪrvOdd Lv 17VIII (Ǫrv 50)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 50 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 17)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 864.
text and translation
Þar létu vér lindi barða
hörðu grjóti, hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér en þeir níu;
hrókr hernuminn, hví þegir nú?
Þar létu vér lindi barða hörðu grjóti, hvössum sverðum. Vér lifðum þrír en þeir níu; hernuminn hrókr, hví þegir nú?
‘There we caused the linden shield to be struck with hard stones, with sharp swords. Three of us lived, but nine of them; forcibly taken chatterbox, why are you silent now? ’
notes and context
As for Ǫrv 49. This stanza follows on immediately without any prose introduction.
This stanza refers to the same incident as Ǫrv 49, the encounter between Oddr and Hjálmarr and Ǫgmundr Eyþjófsbani (see further Ǫrv 49, Note to [All]). In that encounter Oddr and his men are outnumbered by Ǫgmundr and his eight followers, none of whom are killed. However, an unspecified number of Oddr’s men die, leaving only himself, Hjálmarr and Þórðr stafngláma ‘Prow-gleam’. The latter is killed treacherously after the battle is over. — [5-6]: For the significance of the numbers three and nine, see Note to [All] above.
readings
- [1] Þar létu vér: þar lékum vér 344a, ‘þa letum […]’ 343a, létum vér þá 173ˣ
- [2] lindi: ‘li[…]de’ 343a
- [2] barða: so 343a, börðu 7, 471, hjörva 344a, bárum 173ˣ
- [3] hörðu: á hörðu 173ˣ
- [4] hvössum: ok hössum 344a, ok hvössum 343a, 173ˣ
- [6] níu: so 344a, ‘ix’ 7, 343a, 173ˣ, átta 471
- [7] hrókr hernuminn: hrottar hernumnir 344a
- [8] hví: því 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [8] þegir: þegit þit 344a, þegir þú 343a, 471, 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) — 55r/3 - 55r/4
imagesÞar létu vér
lindi börðu
hörðu grjóti,
hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér
en þeir †ix†;
hrókr hernuminn,
hví þegir nú?þar leto ver linndi baurðu. haurðo | grioti. huaussum suerðum. þrir lifðum ver enn þeir .ix. hrokr hernuminn. hvi þegir nu.
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 21v/27 - 21v/28
þar lékum vér
images
lindi hjörva
hörðu grjóti,
ok hössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér
en þeir níu;
hrottar hernumnir ,
hví þegit þit nú? -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77v/2 - 77v/4
†þa letum […]†
images
†li[…]de† barða
hörðu grjóti,
ok hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér
en þeir †ix†;
hrókr hernuminn,
því þegir þú nú? -
AM 471 4° (471) — 89r - 89r
Þar létu vér
images
lindi börðu
hörðu grjóti,
hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér
en þeir átta;
hrókr hernuminn,
því þegir þú nú? -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 53v/23 - 53v/24
létum vér þá
images
lindi bárum
á hörðu grjóti,
ok hvössum sverðum.
Þrír lifðum vér
en þeir †ix†;
hrókr hernuminn,
því þegir þú nú? -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28r/23 - 28r/24
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