ǪrvOdd Ævdr 4VIII (Ǫrv 74)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 74 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 891.
Sagði ‘told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
völva ‘The prophetess’
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vǫlva (noun f.; °vǫlu/vǫlvu; vǫlur/vǫlvur): seeress
sannar ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
vætki ‘nothing’
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vættki (noun n.; °vettugis/vettergis, dat. vettugi): nothing
[3] vætki: eigi 173ˣ
vildak ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[4] vildak hlýða: vildi ek hlyða 343a, vildi hlýða 471, vildi hlýðak 173ˣ
hlýða ‘to heed’
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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able
[4] vildak hlýða: vildi ek hlyða 343a, vildi hlýða 471, vildi hlýðak 173ˣ
Gat ‘mentioned’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fyr ‘to’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ungum ‘the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
kennings
ungum syni Ingjalds,‘the young son of Ingjaldr ’
= Ásmundr
the young son of Ingjaldr → Ásmundr
Ingjalds ‘of Ingjaldr’
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Ingjaldr (noun m.): Ingjaldr
[6] Ingjalds syni: ‘jngialldsyne’ 471
kennings
ungum syni Ingjalds,‘the young son of Ingjaldr ’
= Ásmundr
the young son of Ingjaldr → Ásmundr
syni ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[6] Ingjalds syni: ‘jngialldsyne’ 471
kennings
ungum syni Ingjalds,‘the young son of Ingjaldr ’
= Ásmundr
the young son of Ingjaldr → Ásmundr
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
föðurtúna ‘father’s homestead’
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fǫðurtún (noun n.)
fýstumk ‘was keen’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
notes
[8] vitja ‘to visit’: The reading of 343a, vita ‘know’, does not make sense in context and is unmetrical.
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[1-4]: See Heiðr Lv 1-3 (Ǫrv 1-3) and Introduction and Notes to those stanzas. — [5-8]: According to the saga (Ǫrv 1888, 17-19), Oddr leaves Berurjóðr out of spite because Ingjaldr has insisted on inviting the prophetess to his farm even though he knew Oddr was against it. He takes Ásmundr with him to visit his family at Hrafnista.
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