StarkSt Vík 21VIII (Gautr 29)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 29 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 21)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 273.
Réðum ‘We’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
um ‘debated’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
notes
[2] … lengi ‘… long’: There is no gap in the ms. between um (l. 1) and lengi but a word is clearly missing. It must be disyllabic with a long stem and begin with r- or a vowel. The expected sense would be ‘we did not debate for long’ or words to that effect.
notes
[2] … lengi ‘… long’: There is no gap in the ms. between um (l. 1) and lengi but a word is clearly missing. It must be disyllabic with a long stem and begin with r- or a vowel. The expected sense would be ‘we did not debate for long’ or words to that effect.
urðum ‘easy’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
vit ‘we were’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
dælir ‘to deal with’
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dæll (adj.; °dǽlan; compar. dǽlli/dǽllri(FriðB 48¹), superl. dǽlstr): easy
kaus ‘chose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
herr ‘The army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
at ‘the’
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4. at (conj.): that
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
skyldi ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ríkr ‘powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
her ‘his troop’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
rómu ‘with the battle’
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róma (noun f.): battle
knýja ‘press on’
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knýja (verb): press forward, urge, drive
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The saga prose indicates that Víkarr and his counsellors discussed at some length how to proceed.
The first helmingr of this stanza reverts to the 1st pers. pl. mode of narrative, like earlier stanzas of Vík, but the second continues with 3rd pers. narrative. Vit ‘we’ (l. 3) is 1st pers. dual, yet the pl. would be expected in this context.
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