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.
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. ’
As for Gautr 13.
[3]: This line is in kviðuháttr.
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unz Vikar | kom fra vita innann, gisl herþiöfz, gic inn i sal, hann kendi mic, hann qvaddi mic upp at standa | ok andsvara,
(HA)
Unz Víkarr kom
frá vita innan,
gísl Herþjófs,
gekk inn í sal.
Hann kendi mik,
ok kvað mik
upp standa
ok an-svara.
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