ǪrvOdd Ævdr 20VIII (Ǫrv 90)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 90 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 20)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 903.
text and translation
Uggðum ekki, sízt eyjar til
vápns vígligir viðir kómu.
Hlóðu bragnar fyr bjarg framan
vegg sterkligan; var ek enn at því.
Uggðum ekki, sízt {vígligir viðir vápns} kómu til eyjar. Bragnar hlóðu sterkligan vegg fyr framan bjarg; ek var enn at því.
‘We were not afraid after warlike trees of the weapon [WARRIORS] came to the island. [Our] men piled up a strong wall in front of the cliff; I also took part. ’
notes and context
As with the previous stanza, there is no close correspondence with the prose saga. There the giants, who are Oddr’s party’s opponents at this point, mass on a headland opposite the island and no mention is made of building a defensive wall in front of a cliff on the island.
readings
- [1] Uggðum: so 471, ‘Augdum’ 343a, ugðu 173ˣ
- [2] til: skeggja 173ˣ
- [4] viðir: er viðir 173ˣ
- [8] enn: so 471, om. 343a, 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/28 - 80v/29
images†Augdum† ekki,
sízt eyjar til
vápns vígligir
viðir kómu.
Hlóðu bragnar
fyr bjarg framan
vegg sterkligan;
var ek at því.Augdum ecki sizt eyiar til uopns uiglegir uider | kuomv · hlodu bragnar firi biarg framan · vegg stercklegan uar ec at þui ·
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 94v - 94v
Uggðum ekki,
images
sízt eyjar til
vápns vígligir
viðir kómu.
Hlóðu bragnar
fyr bjarg framan
vegg sterkligan;
var ek enn at því. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 62ra/1 - 62ra/8
ugðu ekki,
images
sízt eyjar skeggja
vápns vígligir
er viðir kómu.
Hlóðu bragnar
fyr bjarg framan
vegg sterkligan;
var ek at því. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 33r/27 - 33v/1
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