StarkSt Vík 19VIII (Gautr 27)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 27 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 272.
Var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sínkgjarn ‘covetous’
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síngjarn (adj.)
sagðr ‘said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
Neri ‘Neri’
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Neri (noun m.)
jarl ‘Jarl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
nýtr ‘capable’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ráðum ‘counsels’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
Víkars ‘Víkarr’s’
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Víkarr (noun m.)
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
vanr ‘accustomed’
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3. vanr (adj.): accustomed
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
sóknum ‘fight’
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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight
réð ‘ruled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[7] einn: ‘eirn’ 590b‑cˣ
notes
[7] einn ‘alone’: All eds have emended the ms.’s ‘eirn’, which is not an Old Norse word.
Upplendingum ‘over the Upplendingar’
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upplendingr (noun m.): one of the Upplendingar
notes
[8] Upplendingum ‘over the Upplendingar’: The Upplendingar, people from Opplandene (ON Upplǫnd), Norway, the region which Víkarr’s opponents, Herþjófr and his brothers, are said to have ruled.
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