StarkSt Vík 2VIII (Gautr 10)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 10 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 256.
text and translation
Herr tapaðiz Haralds ins egðska
ok menbrota mágar véltu,
Fjöri ok Fýri, Freka arfþegar,
Unnar bræðr eiðu minnar.
Herr Haralds ins egðska tapaðiz ok mágar, Fjöri ok Fýri, arfþegar Freka, bræðr Unnar eiðu minnar, véltu {menbrota}.
‘The army of Haraldr inn egðski (‘from Agder’) perished and the kinsmen, Fjǫri and Fýri, heirs of Freki, brothers of my mother Unnr, betrayed the necklace-breaker [GENEROUS MAN = Stórvirkr]. ’
notes and context
As for Vík 1 (Gautr 9). This stanza follows it without a break.
[7]: This line is in kviðuháttr.
readings
- [1] Herr: hers papp11ˣ
- [1] tapaðiz: so 152, ‘hraudtudr’ 590b‑cˣ, ‘hrvdur’ papp11ˣ
- [3] menbrota: ‘menn breta’ 590b‑cˣ, meinbrota papp11ˣ
- [5] Fjöri: Fjörvi papp11ˣ
- [6] arfþegar: so 152, arfþegar with ‘arfa’ written in left margin and final a crossed through 590b‑cˣ, arfþegar preceded by ‘arfa’ crossed through papp11ˣ
- [7] Unnar: ‘unar’ 152
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 590 b-c 4°x (590b-cx) — 3v/11 - 3v/12
imagesHerr †hraudtudr†
Haralds ins egðska
ok †menn breta†
mágar véltu,
Fjöri ok Fýri,
Freka arfþegar,
Unnar bræðr
eiðu minnar.her hraudtudr Haralldz enz Egdzka, ok menn breta mägar | uelltu, fiöri ok fyri freka \arf
a/ þegar Unnar bredr eidu minnar.(HA)
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AM 152 fol (152) — 198rb/32 - 198rb/34
Herr tapaðiz
images
Haralds ins egðska
ok menbrota
mágar véltu,
Fjöri ok Fýri,
Freka arfþegar,
†unar† bræðr
eiðu minnar. -
Holm papp 11 8°x (papp11x) — 5r - 5r
hers †hrvdur†
images
Haralds ins egðska
ok meinbrota
mágar véltu,
Fjörvi ok Fýri,
Freka arfþegar,
Unnar bræðr
eiðu minnar.
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