StarkSt Vík 28VIII (Gautr 36)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 36 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 28)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 279.
Skylda ‘was obliged’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Víkar ‘Víkarr’
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Víkarr (noun m.)
viði ‘tree’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
[2] í viði hávum: ná við hofum 152
hávum ‘the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[2] í viði hávum: ná við hofum 152
Geirþjófs ‘of Geirþjófr’
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Geirþjófr (noun m.)
bana ‘the slayer’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
goðum ‘to the gods’
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goð (noun n.): (pagan) god
signa ‘dedicate’
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2. signa (verb): bless, consecrate
notes
[4] signa ‘dedicate’: Although this verb (ultimately from Lat. signare ‘dedicate, consecrate’) appears more frequently in late Christian skaldic poetry, it also occurs in eddic poems (Sigrdr 8/1, Hyndl 28/10), as well as in Egill Lv 5/8V (Eg 9), in contexts that are probably early and not obviously Christian.
Lagða ‘thrust’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gram ‘the ruler’s’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[7] hermast ‘the most regrettable’: Some eds adopt the spelling of 152, harmast (so FSN; Gautr 1900; Edd. Min.; FSGJ).
handaverka ‘of the deeds of my hands’
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handaverk (noun n.)
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As for Gautr 34.
Starkaðr again refers to external forces, though without specifying which they are, as the causes of his action in sacrificing Víkarr to the gods. The use of the verb signa ‘dedicate, consecrate’ (l. 4) indicates as much, as does the manner of the sacrifice, which follows the pattern that Óðinn is said to have established both for himself (cf. Hávm 138-41) and for those heroes that he took for himself; on this subject see Turville-Petre (1964, 43-8; ARG I, 409-12, II, 49-50; Simek 1993, 242, 249). Characteristic of Odinic sacrifices are the use of a spear to pierce the victim and the mode of sacrifice, hanging on a tree, which is attested both from medieval ethnographic literature, such as Adam of Bremen’s account of the sacrifices at the temple at Uppsala (Schmeidler 1917, 259-60), and from texts like Hávm.
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