ǪrvOdd Lv 22VIII (Ǫrv 55)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 55 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 22)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 869.
text and translation
Váru vit Ásmundr opt í bernsku
fóstbræðr saman báðir litnir.
Bar ek fyr stilli stöng darraðar,
þar sem konungar kappi deildu.
Váru vit Ásmundr fóstbræðr litnir báðir saman opt í bernsku. Ek bar stöng darraðar fyr stilli, þar sem konungar deildu kappi.
‘Ásmundr and I, the foster-brothers, were seen both together often in our childhood. I bore the pole of the banner before the ruler, where kings tried their courage. ’
notes and context
As for Ǫrv 53.
[2-3]: Both Skj B and Skald prefer 471’s text of these lines, which alliterate, fóstbræðr tveir | fullvel saman ‘two foster-brothers fully together’, i.e. in full accord.
readings
- [3] saman: ‘ij.’ 471
- [4] báðir litnir: báðir litlir 343a, full vel saman 471
- [5] ek: so all others, om. 7
- [5] fyr stilli: om. 343a, stundar opt 471, stöng darraðar 173ˣ
- [6] stöng darraðar: döglings lengi 173ˣ
- [7] þar sem: so all others, þars 7
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/15 - 55r/16
imagesVáru vit Ásmundr
opt í bernsku
fóstbræðr saman
báðir litnir.
Bar fyr stilli
stöng darraðar,
þars konungar
kappi deildu.Voru vit asmundr opt i bernsku fostbro᷎ðr saman baðir litnir · bar firir stilli staung | darraðar · þars konungar kappi deilldu ·
(HA)
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 22r/6 - 22r/7
images -
AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 77v/17 - 77v/19
Váru vit Ásmundr
images
opt í bernsku
fóstbræðr saman
báðir litlir .
Bar ek
stöng darraðar,
þar sem konungar
kappi deildu. -
AM 471 4° (471) — 89r - 89r
Váru vit Ásmundr
images
opt í bernsku
fóstbræðr †ij.†
full vel saman .
Bar ek stundar opt
stöng darraðar,
þar sem konungar
kappi deildu. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 54r/20 - 54r/23
Váru vit Ásmundr
images
opt í bernsku
fóstbræðr saman
báðir litnir.
Bar ek stöng darraðar
döglings lengi ,
þar sem konungar
kappi deildu. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 28v/10 - 28v/11
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