StarkSt Vík 23VIII (Gautr 31)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 31 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 275.
Gengum ‘We advanced’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
fram ‘’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
glam ‘the clash’
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glam (noun n.): [a crash]
vápna ‘of weapons’
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vápn (noun n.; °-s; -): weapon
konungs ‘the king’s’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
kappi ‘with vigour’
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kapp (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, vigour, courage
[4] kappi: kappa 590b‑cˣ
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[4] kappi ‘with vigour’: The sole ms. has kappa but the dat. sg. of kapp n. ‘power, vigour’ is required rather than the dat. sg. of kappi m. ‘champion’.
gnægðir ‘endowed’
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2. gnœgja (verb): be sufficient
Þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Úlfr ‘Úlfr’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Erpr ‘Erpr’
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Erpr (noun m.): Erpr
lítinn ‘lítinn’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
hjó ‘hewed’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
brynjulauss ‘without a mail-coat’
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brynjulauss (adj.): [without byrnies]
báðum ‘with both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
höndum ‘hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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The battle is joined and Víkarr’s champions fight very well. Starkaðr fights using both hands and is not wearing a coat of mail. The stanza is introduced with the words sem hér segir ‘as it says here’.
This stanza is metrically mixed, with ll. 1, 3 and 5 being in kviðuháttr, and l. 7 in fornyrðislag.
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