ǪrvOdd Lv 27VIII (Ǫrv 62)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 62 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 877.
Hirði ‘care’
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hirða (verb): hide, care for
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þótt ‘though’
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þótt (conj.): although
[2] þótt heitir þú: þóttu heitir 344a, þóat hætir þú 343a, þó hætir þú 471, hvat hættir þú 173ˣ
heitir ‘call down’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
[2] þótt heitir þú: þóttu heitir 344a, þóat hætir þú 343a, þó hætir þú 471, hvat hættir þú 173ˣ
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] þótt heitir þú: þóttu heitir 344a, þóat hætir þú 343a, þó hætir þú 471, hvat hættir þú 173ˣ
fár ‘evil’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger < fárgjarn (adj.)
[3] fárgjarnt: fárgjörn 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
notes
[4] fárgjarnt höfuð ‘evil-inclined person’: Lit. ‘head’ (cf. LP: hǫfuð 2). In 7 Oddr directs this insult to Álfr bjálki; in the other mss he insults Gyðja, so the text there reads fárgjörn kona ‘evil-inclined woman’.
gjarnt ‘inclined’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < fárgjarn (adj.)
[3] fárgjarnt: fárgjörn 344a, 343a, 471, 173ˣ
notes
[4] fárgjarnt höfuð ‘evil-inclined person’: Lit. ‘head’ (cf. LP: hǫfuð 2). In 7 Oddr directs this insult to Álfr bjálki; in the other mss he insults Gyðja, so the text there reads fárgjörn kona ‘evil-inclined woman’.
notes
[4] fárgjarnt höfuð ‘evil-inclined person’: Lit. ‘head’ (cf. LP: hǫfuð 2). In 7 Oddr directs this insult to Álfr bjálki; in the other mss he insults Gyðja, so the text there reads fárgjörn kona ‘evil-inclined woman’.
Freys ‘Freyr’s’
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Freyr (noun m.): (a god)
reiði ‘wrath’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
mér ‘upon me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
eldi ‘the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
ásu ‘the gods’
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2. Áss (noun m.; °áss, dat. ási/ás; ásar): god
[6] ásu: so 471, ‘æsa’ 344a, ás ok 343a, ‘æsi’ 173ˣ
brenna ‘are burning’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
tröll ‘may trolls’
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troll (noun n.; °-s; -): troll
notes
[7] tröll eigi þik ‘may trolls have you’: A common cursing formula, cf. ÞjóðA Sex 20/6II and Note.
eigi ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
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[7] tröll eigi þik ‘may trolls have you’: A common cursing formula, cf. ÞjóðA Sex 20/6II and Note.
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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[7] tröll eigi þik ‘may trolls have you’: A common cursing formula, cf. ÞjóðA Sex 20/6II and Note.
trúi ‘believe’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
notes
[8] ek trúi guði einum ‘I believe in one god’: By contrast with the heathen pantheon. Or possibly ‘I believe in the one god’, an indubitably Christian idea, which, along with much else in these stanzas in their surviving form, puts paid to the notion that they can be very old. This line is also in málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[8] ek trúi guði einum ‘I believe in one god’: By contrast with the heathen pantheon. Or possibly ‘I believe in the one god’, an indubitably Christian idea, which, along with much else in these stanzas in their surviving form, puts paid to the notion that they can be very old. This line is also in málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag.
guði ‘god’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
notes
[8] ek trúi guði einum ‘I believe in one god’: By contrast with the heathen pantheon. Or possibly ‘I believe in the one god’, an indubitably Christian idea, which, along with much else in these stanzas in their surviving form, puts paid to the notion that they can be very old. This line is also in málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag.
einum ‘in one’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
notes
[8] ek trúi guði einum ‘I believe in one god’: By contrast with the heathen pantheon. Or possibly ‘I believe in the one god’, an indubitably Christian idea, which, along with much else in these stanzas in their surviving form, puts paid to the notion that they can be very old. This line is also in málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag.
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See Introduction to stanzas 59-70. This stanza is spoken by Oddr according to all mss.
As in the preceding stanza, the version of 7 adds four lines to this 8-line stanza, this time between ll. 4 and 5. Versions of these lines in the other mss form the second helmingr of Ǫrv 69, where all variant readings are given and discussed. The text in 7 is as follows: ‘illt er at einka vin skoluð eigi ęrr skratta blota’. This can be emended to make sense as the following lines:
illr er Óðinn at einkavin;
skuluð eigi ér skratta blóta.
‘Óðinn is evil as an intimate friend; you should not worship demons with sacrifice’.
The noun Óðinn has been omitted and ms. ‘ęrr’ is arguably a mistake for ér ‘you’ (pl.) See further discussion in Ǫrv 69, Note to ll. 5-8.
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