Örvar-Oddr

Ǫrvar-Oddr, also spelt Örvar-Oddr (Old Norse: Ǫrvar-Oddr [ˈɔrwɑr-ˌod̪ːr], "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga in the latter part of the 13th century. Ǫrvar-Odds saga, the Saga of Ǫrvar-Odd, became very popular and contains old legends and songs. He also appears in Hervarar saga and, concerning the battle on Samsø, in Gesta Danorum.

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