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StarkSt Vík 16VIII (Gautr 24)

Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 24 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 16)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 269.

Starkaðr gamli StórvirkssonVíkarsbálkr
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Sneidda ‘sliced off’

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sneiða (verb)

[1] Sneidda: ‘Snei[…]ec’ 152

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síðu ‘side’

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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side

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bitrum ‘with my sharp’

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bitr (adj.; °bitran; superl. bitrastr): sharp, biting

[3] bitrum: so 152, ‘brutt med’ 590b‑cˣ

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um ‘right’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

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búk ‘across’

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búkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): body

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þveran ‘the body’

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þverr (adj.): across

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Svá ‘Thus’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

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af ‘with’

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af (prep.): from

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heiptum ‘such fury’

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heift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): hatred, enmity

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hjörvi ‘my sword’

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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword

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beittak ‘wielded’

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2. beita (verb; °-tt-): beat, tack

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at ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

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alls ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

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áðr ‘I had’

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áðr (adv.; °//): before

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kostaðak ‘already expended’

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1. kosta (verb): try, strive

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The single combat between Starkaðr and Sísarr continues, with Starkaðr striking back at Sísarr, slicing off part of his side and wounding him in one leg below the knee, finishing him off by hewing off the other leg at the ankle.

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