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.
Skjótt ‘Quickly’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly)
nam ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
kynda ‘I kindled’
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kynda (verb): kindle
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þykkum ‘a thick’
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2. þykkr (adj.): thick
eld ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
brennanda ‘burning’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
uppi ‘up’
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uppi (adv.): up, up in
[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
landi ‘the countryside’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
[3, 4] eld brennanda uppi á landi: hávan uppi hrottgarm viðar 471, eld brennandi upp á landi 173ˣ
Svá ‘So’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
[5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
[5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
lopti ‘the sky’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky
[5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
létum ‘we [I] caused’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
[5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
leika ‘to play’
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3. leika (verb): play
[5, 6] Svá við lopti létum leika: eld brennanda uppi á landi 471, svá at við lopti létum leika 173ˣ
hávan ‘the towering’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
kennings
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar‘the towering and red howling hound of wood ’
= FIRE
the towering and red howling hound of wood → FIRE
notes
[7-8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar ‘the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE]’: With Skj B and Skald, but not Ǫrv 1888, which has hrótgarm ‘roof-hound’, the mss’ ‘hrot(t) garm’ is understood as a cpd noun whose first element is judged (cf. LP: hrotgarmr) to be the otherwise unrecorded hrot ‘howling’, assumed to be related to the verb hrjóta ‘fall, fly, snore, make a rough sound’. A very similar pair of lines occurs in a variant to Helr 10/4 (NK 221 and notes; Kommentar VI, 550-1) in Norn, hávan brenna | hrottgarm viðar. The context is the burning of Brynhildr’s hall. The element hrott- is otherwise unrecorded and is difficult to relate to hrjóta, but several ms. spellings of this cpd, including the present instance, have the double <t>. The fire-kenning hár hrótgarmr ‘the towering roof-hound’ occurs in Þjóð Sex 21/8II, and it is possible that hrótgarmr ‘roof-hound’ may have been intended as the base-word of the kenning here also. For fire-kennings with ‘hound, dog’ as base-word, see Meissner 101.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
kennings
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar‘the towering and red howling hound of wood ’
= FIRE
the towering and red howling hound of wood → FIRE
notes
[7-8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar ‘the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE]’: With Skj B and Skald, but not Ǫrv 1888, which has hrótgarm ‘roof-hound’, the mss’ ‘hrot(t) garm’ is understood as a cpd noun whose first element is judged (cf. LP: hrotgarmr) to be the otherwise unrecorded hrot ‘howling’, assumed to be related to the verb hrjóta ‘fall, fly, snore, make a rough sound’. A very similar pair of lines occurs in a variant to Helr 10/4 (NK 221 and notes; Kommentar VI, 550-1) in Norn, hávan brenna | hrottgarm viðar. The context is the burning of Brynhildr’s hall. The element hrott- is otherwise unrecorded and is difficult to relate to hrjóta, but several ms. spellings of this cpd, including the present instance, have the double <t>. The fire-kenning hár hrótgarmr ‘the towering roof-hound’ occurs in Þjóð Sex 21/8II, and it is possible that hrótgarmr ‘roof-hound’ may have been intended as the base-word of the kenning here also. For fire-kennings with ‘hound, dog’ as base-word, see Meissner 101.
rauðan ‘red’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
[7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
kennings
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar‘the towering and red howling hound of wood ’
= FIRE
the towering and red howling hound of wood → FIRE
notes
[7-8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar ‘the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE]’: With Skj B and Skald, but not Ǫrv 1888, which has hrótgarm ‘roof-hound’, the mss’ ‘hrot(t) garm’ is understood as a cpd noun whose first element is judged (cf. LP: hrotgarmr) to be the otherwise unrecorded hrot ‘howling’, assumed to be related to the verb hrjóta ‘fall, fly, snore, make a rough sound’. A very similar pair of lines occurs in a variant to Helr 10/4 (NK 221 and notes; Kommentar VI, 550-1) in Norn, hávan brenna | hrottgarm viðar. The context is the burning of Brynhildr’s hall. The element hrott- is otherwise unrecorded and is difficult to relate to hrjóta, but several ms. spellings of this cpd, including the present instance, have the double <t>. The fire-kenning hár hrótgarmr ‘the towering roof-hound’ occurs in Þjóð Sex 21/8II, and it is possible that hrótgarmr ‘roof-hound’ may have been intended as the base-word of the kenning here also. For fire-kennings with ‘hound, dog’ as base-word, see Meissner 101.
hrottgarm ‘howling hound’
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hrottgarmr (noun m.): [howling hound]
[7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
kennings
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar‘the towering and red howling hound of wood ’
= FIRE
the towering and red howling hound of wood → FIRE
notes
[7-8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar ‘the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE]’: With Skj B and Skald, but not Ǫrv 1888, which has hrótgarm ‘roof-hound’, the mss’ ‘hrot(t) garm’ is understood as a cpd noun whose first element is judged (cf. LP: hrotgarmr) to be the otherwise unrecorded hrot ‘howling’, assumed to be related to the verb hrjóta ‘fall, fly, snore, make a rough sound’. A very similar pair of lines occurs in a variant to Helr 10/4 (NK 221 and notes; Kommentar VI, 550-1) in Norn, hávan brenna | hrottgarm viðar. The context is the burning of Brynhildr’s hall. The element hrott- is otherwise unrecorded and is difficult to relate to hrjóta, but several ms. spellings of this cpd, including the present instance, have the double <t>. The fire-kenning hár hrótgarmr ‘the towering roof-hound’ occurs in Þjóð Sex 21/8II, and it is possible that hrótgarmr ‘roof-hound’ may have been intended as the base-word of the kenning here also. For fire-kennings with ‘hound, dog’ as base-word, see Meissner 101.
viðar ‘of wood’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[7, 8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar: svá með lopti létum leika 471, hávan heldr hrottgarm viðar 173ˣ
kennings
hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar‘the towering and red howling hound of wood ’
= FIRE
the towering and red howling hound of wood → FIRE
notes
[7-8] hávan ok rauðan hrottgarm viðar ‘the towering and red howling hound of wood [FIRE]’: With Skj B and Skald, but not Ǫrv 1888, which has hrótgarm ‘roof-hound’, the mss’ ‘hrot(t) garm’ is understood as a cpd noun whose first element is judged (cf. LP: hrotgarmr) to be the otherwise unrecorded hrot ‘howling’, assumed to be related to the verb hrjóta ‘fall, fly, snore, make a rough sound’. A very similar pair of lines occurs in a variant to Helr 10/4 (NK 221 and notes; Kommentar VI, 550-1) in Norn, hávan brenna | hrottgarm viðar. The context is the burning of Brynhildr’s hall. The element hrott- is otherwise unrecorded and is difficult to relate to hrjóta, but several ms. spellings of this cpd, including the present instance, have the double <t>. The fire-kenning hár hrótgarmr ‘the towering roof-hound’ occurs in Þjóð Sex 21/8II, and it is possible that hrótgarmr ‘roof-hound’ may have been intended as the base-word of the kenning here also. For fire-kennings with ‘hound, dog’ as base-word, see Meissner 101.
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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.
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