StarkSt Vík 9VIII (Gautr 17)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 17 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 9)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 263.
Styr ‘Styrr’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Stein ‘Stein’
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour < Steinþórr (noun m.)
þóri ‘þórr’
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Þórr (noun m.): Thor; giant, ogre, monster < Steinþórr (noun m.)
[1] ‑þóri: ‑þór 152
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
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[2] Staði ‘Stadlandet’: A headland in Romsdal and a prominent landmark; cf. Óhelg Lv 4/2I and Note to Þloft Tøgdr 4/5I.
norðan ‘north’
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norðan (adv.): from the north
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
gamli ‘old’
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gamall (adj.; °gamlan; compar. & superl. ellri adj.): old
Gunnólfr ‘Gunnólfr’
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Gunnolfr (noun m.): [Gunnulfr]
blesi ‘blesi’
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blesi (noun m.; °-a)
Þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
váru ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þrettán ‘thirteen’
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þrettán (num. cardinal): thirteen
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[6] þrettán ‘thirteen’: That is, the twelve men named in Gautr 16-17 plus Víkarr, but presumably excluding the speaker, Starkaðr, from the count.
saman ‘together’
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saman (adv.): together
fær ‘to be had’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
fríðri ‘finer’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
[8] fríðri: fríðu 152, fríðari papp11ˣ
drengi ‘fellows’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
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As for Gautr 16.
This stanza carries on syntactically from Gautr 16, completing the list of the twelve champions (kappar) Víkarr gathered together. Like the personal names in Gautr 16, the personal names in 17/1 are in the dat. sg., dependent on the verb safnaði ‘gathered’ in Gautr 16/1.
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