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.
[7] Odd: Óðinn 173ˣ
[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).