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.
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
[1] Þar létu vér: þar lékum vér 344a, ‘þa letum […]’ 343a, létum vér þá 173ˣ
létu ‘caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[1] Þar létu vér: þar lékum vér 344a, ‘þa letum […]’ 343a, létum vér þá 173ˣ
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[1] Þar létu vér: þar lékum vér 344a, ‘þa letum […]’ 343a, létum vér þá 173ˣ
lindi ‘the linden shield’
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1. lindi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): belt, girdle
[2] lindi: ‘li[…]de’ 343a
notes
[2] lindi barða ‘the linden shield to be struck’: Here the reading of 343a is adopted, assuming a phrase in the acc. sg., as the only one that makes grammatical sense without emendation (so Skj B, though translating the phrase as pl., and Skald). The f. noun lind ‘linden wood, shield’ sometimes has a dat. sg., and probably an analogical acc. sg. form, ending in ‑i (cf. ANG §390.3). Both Edd. Min. and Ǫrv 1892 emend to lindir barðar ‘linden shields [to be] struck’ (acc. pl.), which has no ms. support, while Ǫrv 1888 retains 7’s and 471’s lindi börðu, but does not offer a translation.
barða ‘to be struck’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
[2] barða: so 343a, börðu 7, 471, hjörva 344a, bárum 173ˣ
notes
[2] lindi barða ‘the linden shield to be struck’: Here the reading of 343a is adopted, assuming a phrase in the acc. sg., as the only one that makes grammatical sense without emendation (so Skj B, though translating the phrase as pl., and Skald). The f. noun lind ‘linden wood, shield’ sometimes has a dat. sg., and probably an analogical acc. sg. form, ending in ‑i (cf. ANG §390.3). Both Edd. Min. and Ǫrv 1892 emend to lindir barðar ‘linden shields [to be] struck’ (acc. pl.), which has no ms. support, while Ǫrv 1888 retains 7’s and 471’s lindi börðu, but does not offer a translation.
hörðu ‘with hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
[3] hörðu: á hörðu 173ˣ
grjóti ‘stones’
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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone
hvössum ‘with sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
[4] hvössum: ok hössum 344a, ok hvössum 343a, 173ˣ
sverðum ‘swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
Þrír ‘Three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
lifðum ‘lived’
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lifa (verb): live
vér ‘of us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
þeir ‘of them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hrókr ‘chatterbox’
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2. hrókr (noun m.): cormorant
[7] hrókr hernuminn: hrottar hernumnir 344a
notes
[7] hrókr hernuminn ‘forcibly taken chatterbox’: Compare Ǫrv 46/10 and Note. Hrókr means ‘rook’ and by extension is a term of abuse for a garrulous person. As often, 344a offers a rather different text from the other mss, hrottar hernumnir ‘forcibly taken ruffians’ with the dual pers. pron. and pl. verb þit þegit in l. 8.
her ‘forcibly’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < hernema (verb)
[7] hrókr hernuminn: hrottar hernumnir 344a
notes
[7] hrókr hernuminn ‘forcibly taken chatterbox’: Compare Ǫrv 46/10 and Note. Hrókr means ‘rook’ and by extension is a term of abuse for a garrulous person. As often, 344a offers a rather different text from the other mss, hrottar hernumnir ‘forcibly taken ruffians’ with the dual pers. pron. and pl. verb þit þegit in l. 8.
numinn ‘taken’
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1. nema (verb): to take < hernema (verb)
[7] hrókr hernuminn: hrottar hernumnir 344a
notes
[7] hrókr hernuminn ‘forcibly taken chatterbox’: Compare Ǫrv 46/10 and Note. Hrókr means ‘rook’ and by extension is a term of abuse for a garrulous person. As often, 344a offers a rather different text from the other mss, hrottar hernumnir ‘forcibly taken ruffians’ with the dual pers. pron. and pl. verb þit þegit in l. 8.
þegir ‘are you silent’
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þegja (verb): be silent
[8] þegir: þegit þit 344a, þegir þú 343a, 471, 173ˣ
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
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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.
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