ǪrvOdd Ævdr 26VIII (Ǫrv 96)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 96 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 26)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 908.
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sundi ‘the sound’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
þegna ‘men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
nýta ‘able’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
Þórð ‘Þórðr’
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Þórðr (noun m.): Þórðr
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[4] Þórð ok Hjálmar ‘Þórðr and Hjálmarr’: Þórðr stafngláma ‘Prow-gleam’ and Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’. According to the prose saga, Oddr and his companions meet them on a headland somewhere in Sweden.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[4] Þórð ok Hjálmar ‘Þórðr and Hjálmarr’: Þórðr stafngláma ‘Prow-gleam’ and Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’. According to the prose saga, Oddr and his companions meet them on a headland somewhere in Sweden.
Hjálmar ‘Hjálmarr’
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Hjalmarr (noun m.): Hjálmarr
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[4] Þórð ok Hjálmar ‘Þórðr and Hjálmarr’: Þórðr stafngláma ‘Prow-gleam’ and Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri ‘the Great-minded’. According to the prose saga, Oddr and his companions meet them on a headland somewhere in Sweden.
Fréttu ‘asked’
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frétta (verb): ask, enquire
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fyrir ‘beforehand’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
váru ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hvárt ‘whether’
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hvárt (adv.): whether
frið ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
[7] frið vildim: vér vildum frið 343a, vildum frið 471, 173ˣ
notes
[7] frið vildim ‘we wanted peace’: All mss have the 1st pers. pl. pret. indic. vildum here, but eds have normalised to the subj. form after the conj. hvárt ‘whether’. The word order has been changed here, as in Ǫrv 81/7, in order to avoid alliteration on <f> falling in metrical position 4 in a Type B/E line.
vildim ‘we wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[7] frið vildim: vér vildum frið 343a, vildum frið 471, 173ˣ
notes
[7] frið vildim ‘we wanted peace’: All mss have the 1st pers. pl. pret. indic. vildum here, but eds have normalised to the subj. form after the conj. hvárt ‘whether’. The word order has been changed here, as in Ǫrv 81/7, in order to avoid alliteration on <f> falling in metrical position 4 in a Type B/E line.
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
notes
[8] eða halda á för ‘or to continue our journey’: The meaning of this line is uncertain. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates eller at flygte (?) ‘or to flee’, while Kock (NN §2604C) understands the line to mean ‘continue with our raiding’. In the prose saga the two parties decide that it is pointless to continue fighting and that they would be better off combining forces.
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[8] eða halda á för ‘or to continue our journey’: The meaning of this line is uncertain. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates eller at flygte (?) ‘or to flee’, while Kock (NN §2604C) understands the line to mean ‘continue with our raiding’. In the prose saga the two parties decide that it is pointless to continue fighting and that they would be better off combining forces.
för ‘our journey’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
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[8] eða halda á för ‘or to continue our journey’: The meaning of this line is uncertain. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates eller at flygte (?) ‘or to flee’, while Kock (NN §2604C) understands the line to mean ‘continue with our raiding’. In the prose saga the two parties decide that it is pointless to continue fighting and that they would be better off combining forces.
halda ‘continue’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
notes
[8] eða halda á för ‘or to continue our journey’: The meaning of this line is uncertain. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates eller at flygte (?) ‘or to flee’, while Kock (NN §2604C) understands the line to mean ‘continue with our raiding’. In the prose saga the two parties decide that it is pointless to continue fighting and that they would be better off combining forces.
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In the prose saga, Oddr and his men encounter a viking named Hálfdan in the Götaälv skerries, followed by another viking named Sóti, before they meet Þórðr and Hjálmarr. See Ǫrv 48/3 and Note to [All]. In the prose saga (Ǫrv 1888, 58-65) the two parties engage in trials of strength for two days before eventually deciding to combine forces.
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