StarkSt Vík 10VIII (Gautr 18)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 18 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 10)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 264.
Svá ‘Thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
kómu ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
konungs ‘the king’s’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
garða ‘courts’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard
hristum ‘we shook’
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hrista (verb): shake
grindr ‘the gates’
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grind (noun f.): gate, pen
hjuggum ‘we hewed’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
gætti ‘the door-frames’
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gætti (noun n.; °; -): °dørkarm
brutum ‘we broke’
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brjóta (verb; °brýtr; braut, brutu; brotinn): to break, destroy
borg ‘the fortress’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < borgloka (noun f.)
[5] borglokur: lokur 152
lokur ‘locks’
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1. loka (noun f.; °-u; -ur): °lukkemekanisme, slå, skudrigel, klinke < borgloka (noun f.)
[5] borglokur: lokur 152
brugðum ‘we drew’
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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change
[6] brugðum: en brugðu 152
sverðum ‘our swords’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sjautigir ‘seventy’
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sjautugr (num. cardinal): seventy
[7] sjautigir (‘lxx’): ‘lxx tigir’ 152
seggir ‘warriors’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
stóðu ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
kostum ‘quality’
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1. kostr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): choice, food, goods, good quality
góðir ‘of good’
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góðr (adj.): good
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
konungi ‘the king’
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englakonungr (noun m.; °-s; -ar)
Þó ‘Beside that’
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þó (adv.): though
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
um ‘the number’
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2. um (particle): (particle)
aukit ‘increased’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
öllum ‘with all’
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allr (adj.): all
þrælum ‘slaves’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
verka ‘work’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed < verkalýðr (noun m.)
lýðum ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people < verkalýðr (noun m.)
[13] ‑lýðum: so 152, ‑lýð 590b‑cˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vatn ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake < vatndragi (noun m.)
drögum ‘bearers’
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dragi (noun m.; °-a): °train of laden horses < vatndragi (noun m.)
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The prose paragraph between Vík 9 and 10 (Gautr 17 and 18) narrates how Víkarr and his troop of champions, intent on vengeance, seek out King Herþjófr. It tells how Herþjófr had a house fortified like a castle or stronghold (kastali eða borg) with seventy warriors at hand, as well as various servants and workmen. The warriors attack hard, causing the kind of damage detailed in the stanza that follows, put into the mouth of Starkaðr, svá segir Starkaðr ‘so says Starkaðr’.
This stanza in 590b-cˣ is fourteen lines long, twelve in 152, where ll. 9-10 are missing. It can easily be seen how additional lines, describing the attack on Herþjófr and his borg, could have been added to an originally eight-lined stanza; alternatively, what the mss have may be a slightly shortened version of two original stanzas. There is a close correspondence between the wording of the stanza and the immediately preceding prose account. — [3]: This line is in kviðuháttr.
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