StarkSt Vík 25VIII (Gautr 33)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 33 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 25)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 276.
Mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
Víkarr ‘Víkarr’
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Víkarr (noun m.)
valamálm ‘costly metal’
hring ‘ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
rauða ‘red [gold]’
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rauðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): red
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hendi ‘my arm’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
ber ‘wear’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þrímerking ‘[a ring] three marks in weight’
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þrímerkingr (noun m.)
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Þrumu ‘Tromøy’
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6. Þruma (noun f.): Tromøy
honum ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fylgða ‘followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fylki ‘the ruler’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
fimtán ‘for fifteen’
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fimmtán (num. cardinal): fifteen
sumur ‘summers’
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sumar (noun n.; °-s; sumur/sumar): summer
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The prose narrative concludes its account of the conflict between Friðþjófr and Víkarr with the latter dominant. The beginning of the Gjafa-Refs þáttr is then woven into the narrative, which introduces its protagonists, Neri (already sketchily present) and Refr, while keeping sight of King Víkarr and his champion Starkaðr. It tells that their friendship was strengthened with mutual gift-giving: Víkarr gave Starkaðr a gold bracelet of three marks’ weight and Starkaðr reciprocated by giving Víkarr the island of Tromøy (Þruma), which King Haraldr of Agder had once given his father Stórvirkr. This stanza is then cited (in 590b-cˣ alone) as evidence that Starkaðr stayed with Víkarr for fifteen summers sem hann segir ‘as he says’.
The metre of this stanza is fornyrðislag, but l. 2 is hypometrical.
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