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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 71VIII (Ǫrv 141)

Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 141 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 71)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 947.

Ǫrvar-OddrÆvidrápa
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Þér skuluð skunda         til skips ofan
heilir allir         hér mun ek dveljaz.
Berið Silkisif         ok sonum okrum
kveðju góða;         kem ek eigi þar.

Þér skuluð allir skunda heilir ofan til skips; ek mun dveljaz hér. Berið Silkisif ok sonum okrum góða kveðju; ek kem eigi þar.

You must all hurry safe down to the ship; I will stay here. Carry [my] good greeting to Silkisif and our sons; I will not come there.

Mss: 7(57r), 343a(81v), 471(96r), 173ˣ(65rb) (Ǫrv)

Readings: [1] skuluð: om. 343a    [4] hér mun ek dveljaz: hér munum skiljaz 343a, 471, 173ˣ    [7] góða: mína 343a, 471, 173ˣ    [8] eigi: ei 173ˣ

Editions: Skj AII, 319, Skj BII, 338-9, Skald II, 182; Ǫrv 1888, 195, 208, Ǫrv 1892, 95, 100, FSGJ 2, 362; Edd. Min. 58.

Notes: [All]: The final stanza of the Ævdr in the younger mss; for the context of citation in 7, see Ǫrv 140 Note to [All]. — [5] Silkisif: Name of Oddr’s wife, the daughter of King Herrauðr of Húnaland.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  4. Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  5. Ǫrv 1888 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1888. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Leiden: Brill.
  6. Ǫrv 1892 = Boer, R. C., ed. 1892a. Ǫrvar-Odds saga. Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek 2. Halle: Niemayer.
  7. Internal references
  8. Margaret Clunies Ross (forthcoming), ‘ Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2999> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  9. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 140 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 70)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 946.
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