StarkSt Vík 15VIII (Gautr 23)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 23 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 269.
text and translation
Ok á síðu sverði beitti
mér öflugr fyr mjöðm ofan,
en í aðra atgeir lagði
köldum broddi, svá at á kafi yddi;
þau sér merki á mér gróin.
Ok öflugr beitti sverði á síðu mér fyr ofan mjöðm, en lagði atgeir í aðra köldum broddi, svá at yddi á kafi; sér þau merki gróin á mér.
‘And the powerful one thrust his sword into my side above one hip and plunged his halberd into the other with its cold point, so that it penetrated right through [me]; those scars are visible healed on me. ’
notes and context
As for Gautr 21.
A stanza of ten lines rather than the standard eight. Edd. Min. and Skj B place the last two lines in parentheses. — [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) — 4v/4 - 4v/5
imagesOk á síðu
sverði beitti
mér öflugr
fyr mjöðm ofan,
en í aðra
atgeir lagði
köldum broddi,
svá at á kafi yddi;
þau sér þú merki
á mér gróin.og ä sidu sverdi beitte, mier oflugr fyrir miodm ofan enn i adra atgeir lagdi, | kǫlldum brodde, so ad ä kafvi iddi, þaü ser þü merke, ä mier gröenn
(HA)
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AM 152 fol (152) — 199ra/3 - 199ra/5
Ok á síðu
images
sverði beitti
mér öflugr
fyr mjöðm ofan,
en í aðra
atgeir lagði
köldum broddi,
svá á kafi stóð;
þau sér merki
á mér gróin.
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