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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 63VIII (Ǫrv 133)/7 — Odd ‘Oddr’

Þótta ek hæfr         at hjörregni,
þá er vér börðumz         á Brávelli.
Bað Hringr þá         hamalt fylkja
Odd inn víðförla         at orrostu.

Ek þótta hæfr at hjörregni, þá er vér börðumz á Brávelli. Þá bað Hringr Odd inn víðförla fylkja hamalt at orrostu.

I was thought to be fit for sword-rain [BATTLE], when we fought at Brávǫllr. Then Hringr ordered Oddr inn víðförli (‘the Widely-travelled’) to draw up a wedge-shaped column at the battle.

readings

[7] Odd: Óðinn 173ˣ

notes

[7] Odd inn víðförla ‘Oddr inn víðförli (“the Widely-travelled”)’: This cognomen, in the form Víðfǫrull, is adopted by Oddr in his wanderings before he reveals his identity at the court of King Herrauðr, but only in ms. 7 (Ǫrv 1888, 139). In the other mss he calls himself Næframaðr ‘Bark-man’ (Ǫrv 1888, 130-6). He is also given the cognomen víðfǫrli in Fornk (see Note to [All] above).

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