ǪrvOdd Lv 31VIII (Ǫrv 68)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 68 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 31)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 883.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fyrstan ‘first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
[1] fyrstan: Frey 344a, frey fara 343a, 471, 173ˣ
Frey ‘Freyr’
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Freyr (noun m.): (a god)
[2] Frey ok Óðin: fystan ok Óðin 344a, fyst ok Óðin 343a, 471, 173ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[2] Frey ok Óðin: fystan ok Óðin 344a, fyst ok Óðin 343a, 471, 173ˣ
Óðin ‘Óðinn’
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Óðinn (noun m.): Óðinn
[2] Frey ok Óðin: fystan ok Óðin 344a, fyst ok Óðin 343a, 471, 173ˣ
blinda ‘blind’
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blindr (adj.; °compar. -ari): blind
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[3] báða blinda ‘both blind’: Perhaps a reference to the stereotyped depiction of Óðinn as one-eyed, although the inclusion of Freyr may suggest that the adj. blindr should be understood to refer to moral blindness and pagan error rather than the literal inability to see.
báða ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
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[3] báða blinda ‘both blind’: Perhaps a reference to the stereotyped depiction of Óðinn as one-eyed, although the inclusion of Freyr may suggest that the adj. blindr should be understood to refer to moral blindness and pagan error rather than the literal inability to see.
bál ‘the pyre’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
[4] á bál fara: á burt heðan 343a, 471, á burtu heðan 173ˣ
fara ‘to proceed’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[4] á bál fara: á burt heðan 343a, 471, á burtu heðan 173ˣ
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[5-6] urðu at flýja undan ‘were forced to flee away’: 343a and 471 have at leita undan ‘get away, escape’.
æsir ‘The gods’
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2. Áss (noun m.; °áss, dat. ási/ás; ásar): god
undan ‘away’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
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[5-6] urðu at flýja undan ‘were forced to flee away’: 343a and 471 have at leita undan ‘get away, escape’.
at ‘forced’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
[6] at flýja: at leita 343a, leita 471, at láta 173ˣ
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[5-6] urðu at flýja undan ‘were forced to flee away’: 343a and 471 have at leita undan ‘get away, escape’.
flýja ‘to flee’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
[6] at flýja: at leita 343a, leita 471, at láta 173ˣ
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[5-6] urðu at flýja undan ‘were forced to flee away’: 343a and 471 have at leita undan ‘get away, escape’.
hvar ‘wherever’
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hvar (adv.): where
er ‘we’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[7] er: er í er 344a, sem 343a, 173ˣ, ‘[…]’ 471
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fundizk ‘encountered each other’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
höfðum ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
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Oddr continues his response to Gyðja. This stanza follows Ǫrv 67 without any prose intervention.
Oddr again refers to his burning of the Bjálkaland temple and the wooden idols within it, which had already been mentioned in Ǫrv 60 and 62. — [1-2]: In order to obtain a metrically regular l. 1, the word order of 344a has been changed (so also Skj B and Skald) from lét ek Frey | fyrstan ok Óðin to lét ek fyrstan | Frey ok Óðin. Edd. Min. prefers the reading of the other mss, Lét ek Frey fara | fyrst ok Óðin and, in addition, their version of l. 4 á burt heðan ‘away from here’. Skj B prefers the younger mss’ reading læt ek ‘I cause’ in l. 1 to 344a’s lét ek ‘I caused’, but this seems illogical in view of the fact that Oddr has already burned the temple and its idols, according to both the saga prose and Ǫrv 60. All other eds prefer lét.
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