Örvar-Oddr (Old Norse: Ǫrvar-Oddr [ˈɔrvɑr-ˌodːr̩], "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga...

the ritual being called a leikr. Örvar-Oddr's saga contains another notable account of blood brotherhood. Örvar-Oddr, after fighting the renowned Swedish...

holmganga (duel) on Samsø against the Swedish hero Hjálmarr, whose friend Örvar-Oddr buries the cursed sword in a barrow with Angantýr's body. Tyrfingr is...

this story occurs in Scandinavian legend, in the 13th-century saga of Örvar-Oddr. Another variant is found in the tale of Sir Robert de Shurland on the...

to an Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)". Continuing as late as the...

Orvar or Örvar is a Nordic male given name, which means "arrow" in Old Norse. Örvar-Oddr ("arrow's point") is a legendary hero in a 13th-century Icelandic...

crew landed on his back, he sank into the sea, drowning the crew. As Örvar-Oddr and his crew were sailing southwesterly through the Greenland Sea in vengeance...

although they mistook these for two massive rocks rising from the sea. Örvar-Oddr and his crew, who started from the Greenland Sea were sailing along the...

to an Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)". Ask and Embla, the first...

to an Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)." Theories have been proposed...

impenetrable armour, such as the shirt made by elves and used in battle by Örvar-Oddr (Ørvar Odd), as related in the Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. The saga was translated...

mail shirt made by Wayland the Smith. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Armor of Örvar-Oddr, an impenetrable "silken mailcoat". (Norse mythology) Babr-e Bayan, a...

Icelandic folklore (including the story of Oleg the Wise, and that of Örvar-Oddr). It was greatly popularised in a version published in 1837 by Richard...

Icelandic folklore (including the story of Oleg the Wise, and that of Örvar-Oddr). It was greatly popularised in a version published in 1837 by Richard...

to an Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)." Simek (2007:154). Larrington...

English ell, which would work out to 112 feet. Halldór Laxness described Örvar-Oddr as twelve Danish ells tall in Independent People, Part II, "Of the World"...

was a legendary battle, when the Swedish champion Hjalmar and his friend Orvar-Odd fought against the twelve sons of the Swedish berserker Arngrim. This...

to an Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)".: 189  Theories have been...

approval. For the first after his return to Sweden, Hjalmar's farewell to Örvar-Oddr after the Battle of Samsø, Charles XV, now king, assisted with the landscape...

century an anonymous Icelandic fornaldarsaga, describes the attempts of Örvar-Oddr and his son Vignor to track down an enemy named Ogmund: "I will tell you...

A scene from the Hervarar saga. Örvar-Oddr and Hjalmar bid each other farewell, by Mårten Eskil Winge (1866)....

Raum the Old. In Hversu Noregr byggðist, as well as other sagas, such as Örvar Odd's saga, the cognomen inn gamli - the Old - refers to the person's longevity...

A Danish island where the Swedish hero Hjalmar and the Norwegian hero Örvar-Oddr fought twelve infamous beserkers in Norse legends. It was also the location...

Herrauðsson (ǪlvH) Ǫlvir hnúfa (Ǫlv) Ǫlvǫr (Ǫlvǫr) Ǫnundr Ófeigsson (ǪnÓf) Ǫrvar-Oddr (ǪrvOdd) Anonymous Lausavísur (Anon) - Unknown skald or skalds from a...

Örvar-Oddr Old Norse: Ǫrvar-Oddr Oddr means "spearhead" or "spear", from PGmc *uzđaz. Ǫrvar is the genitive form of ON ǫr meaning "arrow", so Ǫrvar-Oddr...

Ruhfus. pp. lxxv. interprets this episode as an imitation of one in the Örvar-Oddr saga. Paton, Lucy Allen (1903). Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian...

Örvar-Oddr's Saga and the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) Hildibrands Sterbelied (from Ásmundar saga kappabana) Ǫrvar-Odds Sterbelied (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga)...

body. Thinking he could ward off fate, Oddr killed the horse and built a mound for it. At the age of 300, Oddr stumbled across the water-eroded mound...

Adam Small (1936–2016, S Africa, nf/p) Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US, f) Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977, Iceland, p/f) Christopher Smart (1722–1771...

"Örn Árnason". Þjóðleikhúsið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 June 2018. "Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason | Bókmenntavefur". Bókmenntaborgin – Reykjavík bókmenntaborg...