ǪrvOdd Ævdr 28VIII (Ǫrv 98)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 98 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 28)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 909.
Heldum ‘steered’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
allir ‘We all’
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allr (adj.): all
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
notes
[1] ór höfn ‘out of the harbour’: The reading of 471 and 173ˣ has been chosen over 343a’s ór hafi ‘out of the ocean’, because the latter makes poor sense in context.
höfn ‘the harbour’
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1. hǫfn (noun f.; °hafnar; hafnir(/hafnar(Streng 234³²)): haven, harbour
[2] höfn: so 471, 173ˣ, hafi 343a
notes
[1] ór höfn ‘out of the harbour’: The reading of 471 and 173ˣ has been chosen over 343a’s ór hafi ‘out of the ocean’, because the latter makes poor sense in context.
þegar ‘as soon as we’
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1. þegar (conj.): as soon as, when
fullhugar ‘courageous ones’
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fullhugi (noun m.)
fengjar ‘booty’
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fengr (noun m.; °-jar/-s, dat. -/-i): loot
væntum ‘expected’
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2. vænta (verb): hope, expect
notes
[4] væntum ‘we expected’: This is the reading of all mss; both Skj B and Skald emend to væntu ‘[the courageous ones] expected’, presumably assuming that the reference is to Þórðr’s and Hjálmarr’s men and not to the men commanded by Oddr, in the light of the undoubted description of the latter’s new companions as heilir höfðingjar in ll. 6 and 7.
Hræddumz ‘afraid’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
meðan ‘as long as’
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meðan (conj.): while
höfðingjar ‘chieftains’
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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
notes
[6, 7] heilir höfðingjar ‘upright chieftains’: That is, Þórðr and Hjálmarr. Heill could also mean ‘unharmed, uninjured’. In the prose saga (Ǫrv 1888, 64-5) Hjálmarr is represented as an almost chivalrous figure, who does not take advantage of those who do not belong to his own warrior class and will not attack women. A little later in the saga it is revealed that Hjálmarr has landed estates in Sweden and is a suitor for the hand of the Swedish king’s daughter. The reading of 343a hollir ‘loyal, faithful’ is also acceptable.
heilir ‘upright’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
[7] heilir: so 471, 173ˣ, hollir 343a
notes
[6, 7] heilir höfðingjar ‘upright chieftains’: That is, Þórðr and Hjálmarr. Heill could also mean ‘unharmed, uninjured’. In the prose saga (Ǫrv 1888, 64-5) Hjálmarr is represented as an almost chivalrous figure, who does not take advantage of those who do not belong to his own warrior class and will not attack women. A little later in the saga it is revealed that Hjálmarr has landed estates in Sweden and is a suitor for the hand of the Swedish king’s daughter. The reading of 343a hollir ‘loyal, faithful’ is also acceptable.
réðu ‘controlled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
herskipum ‘the warships’
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herskip (noun n.): warship
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