ǪrvOdd Lv 19VIII (Ǫrv 52)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 52 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 866.
text and translation
Gekk ek um Gautland í grimmum hug
sjau dægr saman, áðr ek Sævið fyndak.
Knátta ek þeira, áðr ek þaðan færa,
fimtán liða fjörvi ráða;
en þú gjögraðir, gárungr vesall,
síð of öpnum til sængr þýjar.
Ek gekk um Gautland í grimmum hug sjau dægr saman, áðr ek fyndak Sævið. Ek knátta ráða fimtán liða þeira fjörvi, áðr ek færa þaðan; en þú, vesall gárungr, gjögraðir síð of öpnum til sængr þýjar.
‘I travelled through Götaland in angry mood for seven days together before I came upon Sæviðr. I succeeded in taking the lives of fifteen of their company before I got away from there; but you, wretched buffoon, were staggering late in the evenings to a slave woman’s bed. ’
notes and context
As for Ǫrv 51.
This stanza has twelve lines in all mss except in 173ˣ, which omits ll. 5-8. Some eds have suggested that the stanza belonged originally to Oddr’s Ævdr and was later taken into the mannjafnaðr with ll. 9-12 added to make it fit. Edd. Min., for example, includes it in the Ævdr. The stanza alludes to an adventure Oddr undertook (Ǫrv 1888, 108-13; Ǫrv 1892, 61-3) immediately after he had taken Hjálmarr’s corpse and armour to the Swedish court. He sails with ten ships to Gotland where he hears tell of a viking named Sæviðr (in 7) or Sæundr (344a, 173ˣ) or Sæmundr (343a, 471). Oddr comes off badly in the encounter that follows; all his men are killed and he is wounded and shackled. He manages to escape, takes revenge on the viking by killing his men as they slept, and the two enemies scour Gotland looking for each other. Finally Oddr comes upon Sæviðr’s camp and kills him and fourteen others.
readings
- [3] sjau: so 344a, ‘vii’ 7, ‘vi’ 343a, 173ˣ, sex 471
- [3] saman: ísamt 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [4] ek: en 344a, 343a, om. 173ˣ
- [4] Sævið: Sæund 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [4] fyndak: fynd ek 343a, fynda 471, 173ˣ
- [5] Knátta: átta 344a
- [6] ek: om. 344a, 471, enn 343a
- [6] færa: færum 343a, færi 471
- [7] fimtán: so 344a, ‘xii’ 7, 471, átján 343a
- [7] liða: manna 344a
- [8] fjörvi ráða: fjörvi at ráða 344a, aldri næmða 343a
- [9] gjögraðir: gnaggaðir 344a, geisaðir 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [11] of: um 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [11] öpnum: aptan 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
- [12] þýjar: þinnar 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/7 - 55r/9
imagesGekk ek um Gautland
í grimmum hug
†vii† dægr saman,
áðr ek Sævið fyndak.
Knátta ek þeira,
áðr ek þaðan færa,
†xii† liða
fjörvi ráða;
en þú gjögraðir,
gárungr vesall,
síð of öpnum
til sængr þýjar.Geck ek vm Gautland igrimmum hug | vij. dægr saman aðr ek sęvið fyndag · knatta ek þeira aðr ek þaðan fo᷎ra xii. liða fiorvi ra | ða. Enn þu gio᷎graðir garungr vęsæll · sið of aupnum til sęngr þyiar ·
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 21v/31 - 21v/33
Gekk ek um Gautland
images
í grimmum hug
sjau dægr saman,
áðr en Sæund fyndak.
átta ek þeira,
áðr þaðan færa,
fimtán manna
fjörvi at ráða ;
en þú gnaggaðir,
gárungr vesall,
síð um aptan
til sængr þýjar. -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77v/7 - 77v/9
Gekk ek um Gautland
images
í grimmum hug
†vi† dægr ísamt,
áðr en Sæund fynd ek.
Knátta ek þeira,
áðr enn þaðan færum,
átján liða
aldri næmða ;
en þú geisaðir,
gárungr vesall,
síð um aptan
til sængr þýjar. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 89r - 89r
Gekk ek um Gautland
images
í grimmum hug
sex dægr ísamt,
áðr ek Sæund fynda.
Knátta ek þeira,
áðr þaðan færi,
†xii† liða
fjörvi ráða;
en þú geisaðir,
gárungr vesall,
síð um aptan
til sængr þinnar. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 54r/5 - 54r/12 [1-4, 9-12]
Gekk ek um Gautland
images
í grimmum hug
†vi† dægr ísamt,
áðr Sæund fynda.
Knátta ek þeira,
áðr ek þaðan færa,
fimtán liða
fjörvi ráða;
en þú geisaðir,
gárungr vesall,
síð um aptan
til sængr þinnar. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28v/1 - 28v/3
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