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.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
á ‘into’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
síðu ‘side’
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
sverði ‘his sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
beitti ‘thrust’
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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack
mér ‘my’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
öflugr ‘the powerful one’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
fyr ‘above’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
mjöðm ‘hip’
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mjǫðm (noun f.; °mjaðmar; mjaðmir/mjaðmar): °hofte
ofan ‘one’
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ofan (adv.): down
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
aðra ‘the other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
atgeir ‘his halberd’
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atgeirr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): [halberd]
lagði ‘plunged’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
köldum ‘with its cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
broddi ‘point’
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broddr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): point of spear or arrow
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
á ‘right’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[8] yddi á kafi ‘it penetrated right through [me]’: The idiom ydda á kafi means that a weapon goes right through its victim and comes out the other side. Yddi is the lectio difficilior beside 152’s stóð ‘stood, was’.
kafi ‘through’
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kaf (noun n.; °; *-): deep sea
notes
[8] yddi á kafi ‘it penetrated right through [me]’: The idiom ydda á kafi means that a weapon goes right through its victim and comes out the other side. Yddi is the lectio difficilior beside 152’s stóð ‘stood, was’.
notes
[8] yddi á kafi ‘it penetrated right through [me]’: The idiom ydda á kafi means that a weapon goes right through its victim and comes out the other side. Yddi is the lectio difficilior beside 152’s stóð ‘stood, was’.
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[9] sér ‘are visible’: Understood as the 3rd pers. sg. of the pres. indic. of sjá ‘see’ used impersonally. It is also possible (and the scribe of 590b-cˣ must have thought so) that sér is 2nd pers. sg. pres. indic. ‘you see’.
merki ‘scars’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gróin ‘healed’
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2. gróa (verb): grow
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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.
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