Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 52 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 52)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 179.
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2. þá (adv.): then
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munu (verb): will, must
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gleyma (verb): forget
[1] gleymask ‘make merry’: Attestations of gleyma in this sense are rare, the dominant sense being ‘forget’ (ONP: gleyma), as in II 66/6.
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gálauss (adj.): careless
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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sællífr (adj.)
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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2. við (prep.): with, against
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
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una (verb): be content, love
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vell (noun n.): gold
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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2. œxla (verb): augment
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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vegsmunr (noun m.)
[8] vegsmuni ‘distinctions’: The cpd vegsmunir ‘distinctions, honours’ (pl.) is attested only here in poetry and rarely in prose (ONP: vegsmunr).
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[1-4]: For the homiletic tone and content, cf. HómÍsl (HómÍsl 1993, 39): þetta líf eɢiar galausa meɴ til ofáts oc ofdryckio ‘this life encourages feckless men to over-eating and excessive drinking’.
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