Gyðja Lv 5VIII (Ǫrv 66)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 66 (Gyðja, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 881.
notes
[1] hvat ‘what’: Ms. 344a’s reading makes better sense in the light of Oddr’s reply to this question, though the variant hverr ‘who’ (sg.) is also possible and was preferred by Edd. Min. Hverir ‘who’ (pl.) is not possible because the verb efldi ‘aided’ is sg. Ms. 7’s [eða] hverr eggjaði þik ‘who urged you on’ makes good sense but is unmetrical.
efldi ‘aided’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
[1] efldi: eggiaði 7, ‘elfdu’ 343a
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
austan ‘from the east’
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austan (adv.): from the east
feiknafullan ‘one full of portents’
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feiknafullr (adj.)
[3, 4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan: ‘fręknan fella flaraðan’ 7, fullan ok fláráðan ok frækinn harðla 343a, ‘fullan illsku frænda […]’ 471, fúlan ok fláráðan af flestu illu 173ˣ
notes
[3-4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan ‘one full of portents and deceits’: Ms. 344a’s reading is the only one that makes sense and is metrical. The readings of all the other mss are corrupt. Both feiknafullr ‘full of portents’ and fláráðr ‘deceitful’ are adjectives, qualifying an unstated noun referent, viz. Oddr.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[3, 4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan: ‘fręknan fella flaraðan’ 7, fullan ok fláráðan ok frækinn harðla 343a, ‘fullan illsku frænda […]’ 471, fúlan ok fláráðan af flestu illu 173ˣ
notes
[3-4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan ‘one full of portents and deceits’: Ms. 344a’s reading is the only one that makes sense and is metrical. The readings of all the other mss are corrupt. Both feiknafullr ‘full of portents’ and fláráðr ‘deceitful’ are adjectives, qualifying an unstated noun referent, viz. Oddr.
fláráðan ‘deceits’
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fláráðr (adj.)
[3, 4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan: ‘fręknan fella flaraðan’ 7, fullan ok fláráðan ok frækinn harðla 343a, ‘fullan illsku frænda […]’ 471, fúlan ok fláráðan af flestu illu 173ˣ
notes
[3-4] feiknafullan ok fláráðan ‘one full of portents and deceits’: Ms. 344a’s reading is the only one that makes sense and is metrical. The readings of all the other mss are corrupt. Both feiknafullr ‘full of portents’ and fláráðr ‘deceitful’ are adjectives, qualifying an unstated noun referent, viz. Oddr.
hvarvetna ‘everywhere’
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hvervetna (adv.): everywhere
herja ‘to harry’
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2. herja (verb): harry, ravage
vilja ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
er ‘since’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Álfi ‘to Álfr’
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alfr (noun m.; °; -ar): elf
[7] Álfi máttir: máttir Álfi 344a, Álfi máttuð 343a, 173ˣ, Álfi mátti 471
notes
[7]: The two words in 344a’s reading máttir Álfi have been reversed to provide a metrically regular line though it is málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag; the latter would require further emendation from Álfi ‘to Álfr’ to Álfs ‘of Álfr’.
máttir ‘were able’
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mega (verb): may, might
[7] Álfi máttir: máttir Álfi 344a, Álfi máttuð 343a, 173ˣ, Álfi mátti 471
notes
[7]: The two words in 344a’s reading máttir Álfi have been reversed to provide a metrically regular line though it is málaháttr rather than fornyrðislag; the latter would require further emendation from Álfi ‘to Álfr’ to Álfs ‘of Álfr’.
aldr ‘life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age < aldrspell (noun n.): [life-destruction]
[8] aldr‑: aldrs 343a
notes
[8] aldrspell ‘life-damage’: I.e. ‘death’. This cpd is not treated as a kenning here. It occurs elsewhere in Þorm Þorgdr 2/1V (Fbr 3), HSt Rst 5/8I and GunnLeif Merl I 69/4.
spell ‘damage’
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2. spjall (noun n.; °; -*): destruction, loss < aldrspell (noun n.): [life-destruction]
notes
[8] aldrspell ‘life-damage’: I.e. ‘death’. This cpd is not treated as a kenning here. It occurs elsewhere in Þorm Þorgdr 2/1V (Fbr 3), HSt Rst 5/8I and GunnLeif Merl I 69/4.
gera ‘to cause’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
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Gyðja continues her questioning of Oddr.
Lines 1-4 of this stanza are also in ms. 7 as the final part (ll. 9-12) of Gyðja Lv 2 (Ǫrv 61). See Note to [All] to that stanza.
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