ǪrvOdd Ævdr 7VIII (Ǫrv 77)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 77 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 893.
Sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
blíðliga ‘in friendly fashion’
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blíðliga (adv.; °superl. -ast): [kindly]
notes
[1] blíðliga ‘in friendly fashion’: Here understood to modify fagna ‘welcome’, though the syntax might suggest it modifies sá ‘saw’, and this is how Finnur Jónsson evidently understands it in Skj B, translating Jeg så hurtigt ‘I saw quickly’, although blíðliga does not normally have that sense.
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
bæjar ‘the farmstead’
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bœr (noun m.; °-jar/-ar, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja/-a, dat. -jum/-um/bjóm/-am/-m, acc. -i/-ja/-a/bǿ): farm, homestead
kom ‘I came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
bekksagnir ‘bench-troops’
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bekksǫgn (noun f.): [benchmates]
[3] bekksagnir: so 471, ‘becks sagur’ 343a, ‘becksagnar’ 173ˣ
notes
[3, 4] báðar bekksagnir ‘both bench-troops’: A reference to men seated on both sides of a hall; cf. LP: bekksǫgn. The cpd noun is uncommon, and was obviously not recognised by the scribes of 343a and 173ˣ. These two lines, together with l. 1, bear a close similarity to GSúrs Lv 13/5-6V (Gísl 16), which, together with the rarity of the cpd bekksǫgn, perhaps suggests conscious or unconscious imitation.
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
báðar ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
notes
[3, 4] báðar bekksagnir ‘both bench-troops’: A reference to men seated on both sides of a hall; cf. LP: bekksǫgn. The cpd noun is uncommon, and was obviously not recognised by the scribes of 343a and 173ˣ. These two lines, together with l. 1, bear a close similarity to GSúrs Lv 13/5-6V (Gísl 16), which, together with the rarity of the cpd bekksǫgn, perhaps suggests conscious or unconscious imitation.
Víst ‘was certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
mátta ‘able’
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mega (verb): may, might
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
vinum ‘friends’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
mínum ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
skipta ‘to share out’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gaman ‘entertaining’
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gaman (noun n.): joy, pleasure < gamanmál (noun n.)
[8] gaman‑: gamna 173ˣ
málum ‘words’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < gamanmál (noun n.)
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