StarkSt Vík 24VIII (Gautr 32)
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 32 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 275.
Réð Friðþjófr friðar at biðja,
þvíat Víkarr vægði ekki,
ok Starkaðr Stórverksson
almátt fram allan lagði.
Friðþjófr réð at biðja friðar, þvíat Víkarr vægði ekki, ok Starkaðr Stórverksson lagði fram allan almátt.
Friðþjófr had to sue for peace because Víkarr did not yield and Starkaðr Stórverksson exerted all his mighty strength.
Mss: 590b-cˣ(5r) (Gautr)
Readings: [6] Stórverksson: ‘Sörverkzson’ 590b‑cˣ
Editions: Skj AII, 329-30, Skj BII, 350, Skald II, 189; FSN 3, 29, Gautr 1900, 25, FSGJ 4, 26; Edd. Min. 42.
Context: King Friðþjófr is finally forced to ask Víkarr for mercy because his army’s battle formation has disintegrated. The stanza is introduced with the words svá segir Starkaðr ‘so says Starkaðr’.
Notes: [All]: Although this stanza is found only in 590b-cˣ, 152 reproduces in its prose text (fol 199rb) the clause en hann vægði ekki ‘but he did not yield’, suggesting that its compiler knew the stanza but chose not to cite it. It is curious that the speaker refers to himself and his deeds in the third person in ll. 5-8. This stanza is in kviðuháttr metre. — [6] Stórverksson: This line is hypometrical. The second element of this pers. n. is usually spelled ‑virkr in the mss’ prose texts, but here the spelling of the sole ms. is followed, including the form ‑son. Skj B and Skald substitute the more common sonr, but the nom. form without <r> is common; cf. ANG §395.1 and Gautr 26, Note to l. 5.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
- FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
- Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Gautr 1900 = Ranisch, Wilhelm, ed. 1900. Die Gautrekssaga in zwei Fassungen. Palaestra 11. Berlin: Mayer & Müller.
- Internal references
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 26 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 271.
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