ǪrvOdd Ævdr 29VIII (Ǫrv 99)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 99 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 29)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 910.
text and translation
Várum reiðir, þá er randberendr
hoska hittum fyr Hólmsnesi.
Réðum eignaz allar gerðar
snyrtidrengja af sex skipum.
Várum reiðir, þá er hittum {hoska randberendr} fyr Hólmsnesi. Réðum eignaz allar gerðar snyrtidrengja af sex skipum.
‘We were angry when we encountered wise shield-bearers [WARRIORS] before Hólmsnes. We got hold of all the armour of the fine fellows from six ships. ’
notes and context
This stanza appears to relate to the same incident as Oddr boasts about in his mannjafnaðr ‘comparison of men’ with Sigurðr and Sjólfr (Ǫrv 44/1-4), while the second half of Ǫrv 44 covers the same incident as Ǫrv 100 (see below). In both cases there is mention of six ships, described as hábrynjuð ‘armoured’ in 44/3 and the encounter is said to take place off an otherwise unknown headland named Hólmsnes, which is not mentioned in the prose text. It is assumed that the use of the adj. ho(r)ska ‘wise’ (l. 3) and the cpd snyrtidrengr ‘fine fellow’ (l. 7) is intended to be ironic.
readings
- [2] þá er: er 173ˣ
- [2] randberendr: ‘rranberindr’ 471
- [6] allar: so 471, 173ˣ, alla 343a
- [6] gerðar: eignir 173ˣ
- [7] snyrtidrengja: snyrtimanna 471, snotra drengja 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/41 - 80v/43
imagesVárum reiðir,
þá er randberendr
hoska hittum
fyr Hólmsnesi.
Réðum eignaz
alla gerðar
snyrtidrengja
af sex skipum.Vorum | ʀeidir þꜳ er ʀandberenndr hoska hittum firi holms nesi ʀedum eignazt alla ger | dar snyrti dreingia af sex skipum ·
(HA)
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AM 471 4° (471) — 94v - 94v
Várum reiðir,
images
þá er †rranberindr†
hoska hittum
fyr Hólmsnesi.
Réðum eignaz
allar gerðar
snyrtimanna
af sex skipum. -
AM 173 folx (173x) — 62va/9 - 62va/16
Várum reiðir,
images
er randberendr
hoska hittum
fyr Hólmsnesi.
Réðum eignaz
allar eignir
snotra drengja
af sex skipum. -
AM 344 b 4°x (344bx) — 33v/13 - 33v/14
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