ǪrvOdd Lv 1VIII (Ǫrv 7)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 7 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Lausavísur 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 819.
text and translation
Menn sé ek ganga frá Munarvágum,
gunnar gjarna í grám serkjum.
Þeir hafa reiðir rómu háða;
eru okkur skip auð á ströndu.
Ek sé menn ganga frá Munarvágum, gjarna gunnar í grám serkjum. Reiðir hafa þeir háða rómu; skip okkur eru auð á ströndu.
‘I see men proceeding from Munarvágar, eager for a fight in grey mail-coats. Angry, they have fought a battle; our ships are empty on the beach. ’
notes and context
This stanza is spoken by Oddr, according to the saga, and is introduced by the following prose sentence: Þá sér Oddr hvar þeir ganga berserkirnir, ok varð honum ljóð á munni ‘Then Oddr sees where the band of berserks is walking, and a song came to his lips’.
readings
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 344 a 4° (344a) — 16v/20 - 16v/22
imagesMenn se ek ganga fra munar vogum. gunnar | giarna. i gram serkium. þeir hafa reider romo hada. ero okkr skip. | aud a straundu.
(HA)
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AM 343 a 4° (343a) — 67v/28 - 67v/29
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AM 471 4° (471) — 74r - 74r
Menn sé ek ganga
images
frá Munarvágum,
gumnar gjarna
í grám serkjum.
Þeir hafa reiðir
rómu háða;
eru okkur skip
auð á ströndu. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 35v/7 - 35v/14
Menn sé ek ganga
images
frá †minne vógum†,
gunnar gjarna
í grám serkjum.
Þeir hafa reiðir
rómu háða;
eru okkur skip
á ströndu niðri . -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 14r/11 - 14r/13
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