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.
Átti ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
sér ‘to him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
erfivörðu ‘heirs’
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erfivǫrðr (noun m.): [heirs, heir]
notes
[2] erfivörðu ‘heirs’: The noun erfivǫrðr is not common in skaldic poetry, though it occurs twice in the late C12th Anon Nkt 3/7 and 13/4II, but is found in several poems of the Poetic Edda (cf. LP: erfivǫrðr).
tírsamr ‘The fame-desiring’
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tírsamr (adj.)
tvá ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
tyggi ‘ruler’
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tyggi (noun m.): prince, sovereign
alna ‘born’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
Hét ‘was called’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
Haraldr ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
inn ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
ellri ‘elder’
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ellri (adj. comp.; °superl. ellztr; pos. gamall adj.): older, elder
setti ‘he placed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
at ‘over’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Þelamörku ‘Telemark’
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Þelamǫrk (noun f.)
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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.
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