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Note to Anon Mhkv 7III

[2] Stǫrkuðr ‘Starkaðr’: Starkaðr/Starcatherus (< Stark-hǫðr ‘strong-warrior’), a legendary hero and poet featured in numerous fornaldarsögur (e.g. Gautr, FSGJ 4, 1-50; Sǫgubrot af fornkonungum, ÍF 35, 63-8; Ásmundar saga kappabana, Detter 1891; Saxo 2005, I, 6-8, pp. 390-543; cf. Beowulf ll. 2024-69 and Beowulf 2008, 229-30). See Poole (2006, 147-52) and Starkaðr Stórvirksson’s Biography in SkP VIII.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍF 35 = Danakonunga sǫgur. Ed. Bjarni Guðnason. 1982.
  3. Beowulf 2008 = Fulk, Robert D., Robert E. Bjork and John D. Niles, eds. 2008. Klaeber’s Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburg. 4th rev. edn of Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburg, ed. Fr. Klaeber. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press.
  4. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  5. Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
  6. Poole, Russell. 2006. ‘Some Southern Perspectives on Starcatherus’. Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 2, 141-66.
  7. SkP VII = Poetry on Christian Subjects. Ed. Margaret Clunies Ross. 2007.
  8. Detter, Ferdinand, ed. 1891. Zwei Fornaldarsögur (Hrólfssaga Gautrekssonar und Ásmundarsaga kappabana) nach Cod. Holm. 7, 4to. Halle: Niemeyer.
  9. Internal references
  10. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Gautreks saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 241. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=9> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  11. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ásmundar saga kappabana’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 15. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=65> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  12. Not published: do not cite ()

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