StarkSt Vík 20VIII (Gautr 28)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 28 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 20)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 273.
Réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
notes
[1, 2] réð … at senda ‘sent’: Here réð functions as an auxiliary with senda ‘send’. For réð formulas in the sense ‘rule’, which characteristically begin a stanza or a helmingr see, e.g., st. 30/1 below, as well as Anon Nkt 8/1, 12/1, 16/5, 23/1, 28/5II, etc. Cf. also Þjóð Yt 26/5I as well as the kviðuháttr stanza on the Rök stone (Run Ög136VI Ræð Þiðrikr). These formulas must have been a staple of the genealogical kviðuháttr tradition.
fyrst ‘first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[1, 2] réð … at senda ‘sent’: Here réð functions as an auxiliary with senda ‘send’. For réð formulas in the sense ‘rule’, which characteristically begin a stanza or a helmingr see, e.g., st. 30/1 below, as well as Anon Nkt 8/1, 12/1, 16/5, 23/1, 28/5II, etc. Cf. also Þjóð Yt 26/5I as well as the kviðuháttr stanza on the Rök stone (Run Ög136VI Ræð Þiðrikr). These formulas must have been a staple of the genealogical kviðuháttr tradition.
senda ‘sent’
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senda (verb): send
notes
[1, 2] réð … at senda ‘sent’: Here réð functions as an auxiliary with senda ‘send’. For réð formulas in the sense ‘rule’, which characteristically begin a stanza or a helmingr see, e.g., st. 30/1 below, as well as Anon Nkt 8/1, 12/1, 16/5, 23/1, 28/5II, etc. Cf. also Þjóð Yt 26/5I as well as the kviðuháttr stanza on the Rök stone (Run Ög136VI Ræð Þiðrikr). These formulas must have been a staple of the genealogical kviðuháttr tradition.
heiptarboð ‘a message of hostility’
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heiftarboð (noun n.)
horskum ‘the wise’
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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise
jöfri ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
hvárt ‘whether’
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hvárt (adv.): whether
Víkarr ‘Víkarr’
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Víkarr (noun m.)
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
gjalda ‘to pay’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
hilmi ‘to the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
skatt ‘tribute’
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skattr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): treasure, wealth
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
her ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
þola ‘suffer’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
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This stanza is said to be Starkaðr’s poetic summary of the situation described in a few lines of saga prose. Friðþjófr, having heard that his two brothers had been killed, returns to Opplandene and regains his kingdom from Víkarr. He then sends a message to Víkarr offering him the choice of paying tribute or facing an enemy attack.
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