Anon Krm 28VIII/9 — Oss ‘us’
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi.
Hef ek fimm tigum sinna
fólkorrostur framðar
fleinþings boði ok eina.
Minnst hugða ek manna,
at mér vera skyldi
— ungr nam ek odd at rjóða —
annarr konungr fremri.
Oss munu æsir bjóða;
era sýtandi dauði.
Hjuggu vér með hjörvi. Ek, boði fleinþings, hef framðar fólkorrostur fimm tigum sinna ok eina. Ek hugða minnst manna, at annarr konungr skyldi vera fremri mér; ungr namk at rjóða odd. Æsir munu bjóða oss; era sýtandi dauði.
We hewed with the sword. I, the instigator of the spear-assembly [BATTLE > WARRIOR], have conducted five times ten battles between peoples, and one more. I least of [all] people thought that another king would prove superior to me; I began at a young age to redden the sword-point. The gods will invite us; death is not to be feared.
readings
[9] Oss munu: ‘(oss munu)’(?) 147
notes
[9] æsir munu bjóða oss ‘the gods will invite us’: The speaker sees himself being invited to Valhǫll, the mythical ‘hall of the slain’, presided over by Óðinn, in which warriors who have fallen in battle (the einherjar) enjoy their afterlife (cf. Notes to sts 4/4 and 25/3 above). Valhǫll is described most fully in Gylf (SnE 2005, 32-4); cf. Grí 8-10, 18-26 and Anon Eirm 1/3, 5I. See the Notes to those lines. Both here and in Eyv HákI (cf. st. 10/4-6 there) it is the gods as a group, rather than Óðinn alone, who invite the hero to enter Valhǫll.
grammar
Pronouns and determiners: First person
| sing. | dual | pl. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N A G D | ek mik mín mér | vit okkr okkar okkr | vér oss vár oss |