ǪrvOdd Ævdr 8VIII (Ǫrv 78)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 78 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 894.
Varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vári ‘the spring’
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3. vár (noun n.): spring
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
bryn ‘of the mailcoat’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
boðar brynþings‘the offerers of the mailcoat-assembly ’
= WARRIORS
the mailcoat-assembly → BATTLE
the offerers of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
bryn ‘of the mailcoat’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
boðar brynþings‘the offerers of the mailcoat-assembly ’
= WARRIORS
the mailcoat-assembly → BATTLE
the offerers of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
þings ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
boðar brynþings‘the offerers of the mailcoat-assembly ’
= WARRIORS
the mailcoat-assembly → BATTLE
the offerers of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
þings ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < brynþing (noun n.): byrnie-assembly
kennings
boðar brynþings‘the offerers of the mailcoat-assembly ’
= WARRIORS
the mailcoat-assembly → BATTLE
the offerers of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
boðar ‘the offerers’
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boði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): messenger, breaker
kennings
boðar brynþings‘the offerers of the mailcoat-assembly ’
= WARRIORS
the mailcoat-assembly → BATTLE
the offerers of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
Bjarma ‘the Permians’
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1. bjarmi (noun m.; °; -ar): °Bjarmian, person from Bjarmaland
notes
[4] Bjarma ‘the Permians’: On these people, see Ǫrv 41 and Note to l. 3.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
sækja ‘visit’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
Síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
kvaddak ‘I called on’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
[5] kvaddak: so 471, 173ˣ, ‘kuadda ag’ 343a
Sigurð ‘Sigurðr’
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Sigurðr (noun m.): Sigurðr
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Guðmund ‘Guðmundr’
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Guðmundr (noun m.): Guðmundr
vilda ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
notes
[7, 8] ek vilda ráðaz til farar ‘I wanted to be included in the expedition’: Lit. ‘I wanted to prepare myself for the expedition’.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[7, 8] ek vilda ráðaz til farar ‘I wanted to be included in the expedition’: Lit. ‘I wanted to prepare myself for the expedition’.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
fræknum ‘the brave ones’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
til ‘in the’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[7, 8] ek vilda ráðaz til farar ‘I wanted to be included in the expedition’: Lit. ‘I wanted to prepare myself for the expedition’.
farar ‘expedition’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
notes
[7, 8] ek vilda ráðaz til farar ‘I wanted to be included in the expedition’: Lit. ‘I wanted to prepare myself for the expedition’.
ráðaz ‘to be included’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[7, 8] ek vilda ráðaz til farar ‘I wanted to be included in the expedition’: Lit. ‘I wanted to prepare myself for the expedition’.
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According to the prose saga (Ǫrv 1888, 20-5), Oddr asks his brother Guðmundr, and his cousin, Sigurðr, whether he could travel with them, on hearing that they are about to set out on an expedition northwards to Bjarmaland (Permia). They initially refuse, but relent after Guðmundr has had a frightening dream in which he sees Oddr’s fetch, in the shape of a polar bear, threatening to sink their ships.
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