ǪrvOdd Ævdr 14VIII (Ǫrv 84)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 84 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 898.
text and translation
Skjótt nam kynda í skóg þykkum
eld brennanda uppi á landi.
Svá við lopti létum leika
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar.
Skjótt nam kynda brennanda eld í þykkum skóg uppi á landi. Svá létum {hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar} leika við lopti.
‘Quickly I kindled burning fire in a thick wood up in the countryside. So we [I] caused the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE] to play against the sky. ’
notes and context
In order to attract his companions’ attention and discover the location of their missing ships, Oddr goes to a wood, climbs up a tall tree, and sets fire to its upper branches (í limum uppi) so that flames quickly rose high into the air (stóð logi í lopti uppi). This acts as a signal to the ships to return to the shore where all the men are reunited (Ǫrv 1888, 36-7). This stanza follows the wording of the prose quite closely. — The order of lines in 471 differs considerably from 343a and 173ˣ, although the actual wording does not diverge significantly. — [5-6]: Line 6 has double alliteration. Skj B and Skald reverse the ms. order of ll. 5-6 in order to regularise the alliteration, and also reverse the order of words in l. 5 to svá lopti við.
readings
- [2] skóg: skógi 173ˣ
- [3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
- [5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
- [7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
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 343 a 4° (343a) — 80v/19 - 80v/20
imagesSkiott nam kynda j skog þyckum · elld brenanda | vppi ꜳ lanndi · svo vid lopti letum leika · hafan ok ʀaudan hrott garm uidar ·
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 94v - 94v
Skjótt nam kynda
images
í skóg þykkum
hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar
.
eld brennanda uppi á landi
svá með lopti létum leika
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AM 173 folx (173x) — 61va/17 - 61va/24
Skjótt nam kynda
images
í skógi þykkum
eld brennandi upp á landi
.
svá at við lopti létum leika
hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar
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AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 33r/18 - 33r/19
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