StarkSt Vík 18VIII (Gautr 26)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 26 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 271.
text and translation
Átti sér erfivörðu
tírsamr tvá tyggi alna.
Hét hans son Haraldr inn ellri;
setti þann at Þelamörku.
Tírsamr tyggi átti tvá erfivörðu alna sér. Inn ellri son hans hét Haraldr; setti þann at Þelamörku.
‘The fame-desiring ruler had two heirs born to him. The elder son of his was called Haraldr; he placed that one over Telemark. ’
notes and context
The prose text tells that Víkarr becomes a very powerful king. He marries an unnamed wife and has two sons, the elder Haraldr, the younger Neri. Neri was the wisest of men and gave good advice, but was so stingy (svá var hann sínkr) that he could never give anything away without immediately longing for it again. Vík 18 and 19 (Gautr 26 and 27) are then cited as Starkaðr’s comment on these matters.
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/22 - 4v/23
imagesätte ser erfe vaurdu tirsamr | ij tigge alna, het hans sun Haralldr enn ellre, sette hann þann ad þelamorku
(HA)
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