ǪrvOdd Lv 25VIII (Ǫrv 58)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 58 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 25)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 871.
Nú ‘Now’
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nú (adv.): now
hefi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
órar ‘our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[1] órar: várar 344a, 343a, 471
iðnir ‘deeds’
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iðn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): task
talðar ‘enumerated’
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telja (verb): tell, count
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
forðum ‘formerly’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
framðar ‘performed’
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fremja (verb): advance, perform
Opt ‘Often’
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opt (adv.): often
[5] Opt: aptr with superscript r changed from m in scribal hand 344a, aptr 343a, 471
gengum ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
[5] gengum vér: geng ek nú 344a
vér ‘we [I]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
[5] gengum vér: geng ek nú 344a
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
öndvegis ‘the high seat’
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ǫndvegi (noun n.)
sigri ‘in victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
notes
[7] fegnir sigri ‘rejoicing in victory’: The younger mss 343a and 471 have gæddir sigri ‘enriched with victory’, which is also a possible reading.
fegnir ‘rejoicing’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy
[7] fegnir: ‘fegen’ or ‘fegens’ changed in a later hand from fegnir 344a, gæddir 343a, 471
notes
[7] fegnir sigri ‘rejoicing in victory’: The younger mss 343a and 471 have gæddir sigri ‘enriched with victory’, which is also a possible reading.
látum ‘let us [me]’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
Sjólf ‘Sjólfr’
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Sjolfr (noun m.)
mæla ‘speak’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
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As for Ǫrv 53.
Aside from l. 1, all pronouns, adjectives and verbs in this stanza are pl., but it is assumed that Oddr is speaking of himself here, though it is possible that he includes his close companions.
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