ǪrvOdd Lv 24VIII (Ǫrv 57)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 57 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 871.
Nú ‘Now’
(not checked:)
nú (adv.): now
hefi ‘have’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
ek ‘I’
(not checked:)
ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
dýra ‘the noble’
(not checked:)
dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
drengi ‘warriors’
(not checked:)
drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
þá ‘who’
(not checked:)
2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘’
(not checked:)
2. er (conj.): who, which, when
forðum ‘formerly’
(not checked:)
forðum (adv.): formerly, once
fylgðu ‘followed’
(not checked:)
2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
úti ‘out to sea’
(not checked:)
úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad
notes
[4] úti ‘out to sea’: The usual sense of the adv. Doubtless the reference is to sea-borne viking raids.
Munu ‘will’
(not checked:)
munu (verb): will, must
[5] Munu víst eigi: so 471, munu einigir 7, því munu engir 344a, munu engir 343a
víst ‘certainly’
(not checked:)
1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
[5] Munu víst eigi: so 471, munu einigir 7, því munu engir 344a, munu engir 343a
eigi ‘not’
(not checked:)
3. eigi (adv.): not
[5] Munu víst eigi: so 471, munu einigir 7, því munu engir 344a, munu engir 343a
síðan ‘afterwards’
(not checked:)
síðan (adv.): later, then
frægri ‘famous’
(not checked:)
frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
í ‘in’
(not checked:)
í (prep.): in, into
fólk ‘the army’
(not checked:)
folk (noun n.): people < folkroð (noun n.): [army-reddening]
kennings
fólkroði.‘the army-reddening. ’
= BATTLE
the army-reddening. → BATTLE
roði ‘reddening’
(not checked:)
2. roð (noun n.) < folkroð (noun n.): [army-reddening]
kennings
fólkroði.‘the army-reddening. ’
= BATTLE
the army-reddening. → BATTLE
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
As for Ǫrv 53.
[7-8]: The line is very similar to Ǫrv 39/7-8 fellu fyrðar í fólkroði ‘men fell in the army-reddening [BATTLE]’. On the cpd fólkroð, see Note to 39/8. NN §2406 discusses this and other compounds in ‑roð/-roði. Cf. also ms. 471’s reading of Ǫrv 68/7.
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.