StarkSt Vík 22VIII (Gautr 30)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 30 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 22)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 274.
Réð ‘ruled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
Óláfr ‘Óláfr’
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Óláfr (noun m.): Óláfr
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[1-2] Óláfr inn skygni ‘Óláfr inn skygni (“the Sharp-sighted”)’: Named in Yng ch. 42 (ÍF 26, 73) as king of Närke. According to Yng his daughter Álof was the mother of Gauthildr, mother of the Ynglingr king Óláfr trételgja ‘Wood-cutter’ (cf. Þjóð Yt 21I).
austr ‘in the east’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
inn ‘inn’
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2. inn (art.): the
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[1-2] Óláfr inn skygni ‘Óláfr inn skygni (“the Sharp-sighted”)’: Named in Yng ch. 42 (ÍF 26, 73) as king of Närke. According to Yng his daughter Álof was the mother of Gauthildr, mother of the Ynglingr king Óláfr trételgja ‘Wood-cutter’ (cf. Þjóð Yt 21I).
skygni ‘skygni’
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skyggn (adj.): clear, sharp-sighted
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[1-2] Óláfr inn skygni ‘Óláfr inn skygni (“the Sharp-sighted”)’: Named in Yng ch. 42 (ÍF 26, 73) as king of Närke. According to Yng his daughter Álof was the mother of Gauthildr, mother of the Ynglingr king Óláfr trételgja ‘Wood-cutter’ (cf. Þjóð Yt 21I).
sældargramr ‘the prosperous ruler’
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sældargramr (noun m.)
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[3] sældargramr ‘the prosperous ruler’: Sældar- gen. sg. of sæld ‘bliss, prosperity’ often occurs as the first element in compounds in the adjectival sense ‘happy, blessed, prosperous’; cf. Fritzner: sældarlíf ‘fortunate life’, sældarstaðr ‘place to spend a happy life’.
fyr ‘over’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
Svíaríki ‘the kingdom of the Swedes’
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Svíaríki (noun n.)
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[4] Svíaríki ‘the kingdom of the Swedes’: That is, the territory of the Svíar around Lake Mälaren in contrast to the southwestern territory of the Götar.
Hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
bauð ‘ordered’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
út ‘out’
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út (adv.): out(side)
almenningi ‘the conscripted army’
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almenningr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): [host, All people]
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[6] almenningi ‘the conscripted army’: Cf. ONP: almenning 3) ‘men (and equipment) subject to military levy’ and ÞjóðA Har5/5II.
mikill ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
helmingr ‘division’
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helmingr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): unit, troop
talinn ‘reckoned’
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telja (verb): tell, count
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King Óláfr the Sharp-sighted of Nærríki (Närke) in Sweden swings his support behind King Víkarr, ordering a general levy of his kingdom to come out to fight. He draws up his forces in a wedge-shaped column. The stanza expresses Starkaðr’s version of the event.
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