StarkSt Vík 12VIII (Gautr 20)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 20 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 266.
text and translation
Var Víkari vegs um auðit,
en Herþjófi heiptir goldnar.
Særðum seggi en suma drápum;
stóðkat ek fjarri, þá er fell konungr.
Var Víkari um auðit vegs, en Herþjófi heiptir goldnar. Særðum seggi en drápum suma; ek stóðkat fjarri, þá er konungr fell.
‘Honour was ordained for Víkarr and hostilities repaid to Herþjófr. We wounded men and killed some; I was standing not far away when the king fell. ’
notes and context
A short prose passage tells that Starkaðr and Víkarr fought side by side against King Herþjófr and eventually killed him. The other champions also distinguished themselves in the fight, as Starkaðr is reported to have commemorated in this stanza, introduced with the usual svá segir Starkaðr ‘so says Starkaðr’ (so 590b-cˣ, but Starkaðr kvað in 152).
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) — 4r/18 - 4r/19
imagesVar Vikare vegz um audid, enn Herþiöfe, | herfor golldnar særdum segge, enn suma drapum, stodkad eg fiarre þä er fell konungr |
(HA)
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AM 152 fol (152) — 198vb/18 - 198vb/21
Var Víkari
images
vegs um †ath bid†,
en Herþjófi
herför goldnar.
Særðum seggi
en suma drápum;
stóðkat ek fjarri,
þá er konungr fell .
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