StarkSt Vík 6VIII (Gautr 14)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 14 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 261.
text and translation
Unz Víkarr kom frá vita innan,
gísl Herþjófs, gekk inn í sal.
Hann kendi mik, hann kvaddi mik
upp at standa ok andsvara.
Unz Víkarr, gísl Herþjófs, kom frá vita innan, gekk inn í sal. Hann kendi mik, hann kvaddi mik at standa upp ok andsvara.
‘Until Víkarr, the hostage of Herþjófr, came from inside the beacon, went into the hall. He recognised me, he called on me to get up and answer. ’
notes and context
As for Gautr 13.
[3]: This line is in kviðuháttr.
readings
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/31 - 3v/33
imagesunz Vikar | kom fra vita innann, gisl herþiöfz, gic inn i sal, hann kendi mic, hann qvaddi mic upp at standa | ok andsvara,
(HA)
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AM 152 fol (152) — 198va/25 - 198va/27
Unz Víkarr kom
images
frá vita innan,
gísl Herþjófs,
gekk inn í sal.
Hann kendi mik,
ok kvað mik
upp standa
ok an-svara.
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