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GunnLeif Merl II 62^VIII

Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 62 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 62)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 185.

Gunnlaugr Leifsson Merlínusspá II

Væri ‘There would be’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

mart ‘many things’

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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many

mǫnnum ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

kynna ‘to inform’

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kynna (verb): make known, reveal

ór ‘from’

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3. ór (prep.): out of

folk ‘of the people’

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folk (noun n.): people < folkstafr (noun m.): [people-stave]

kennings

folkstafs.
‘of the people-stave. ’
= LEADER = Merlin
the people-stave. → LEADER = Merlin

stafs ‘stave’

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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick < folkstafr (noun m.): [people-stave]

kennings

folkstafs.
‘of the people-stave. ’
= LEADER = Merlin
the people-stave. → LEADER = Merlin

fornu ‘the old’

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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old

kvæði ‘poem’

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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem

Ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

mun ‘will’

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munu (verb): will, must

þó ‘however’

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þó (adv.): though

þeygi ‘not’

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þeygi (adv.): not at all

notes

[6] þeygi ‘not’: Emended in Skald to eigi, presumably to improve the alliteration, but unnecessarily, since in kviðuháttr þó (l. 3) can bear alliteration.

fleira ‘more’

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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most

Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’

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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr

kennings

þollum þings Þróttar
‘to the fir-trees of the assembly of Þróttr. ’
= WARRIORS
the assembly of Þróttr. → BATTLE
to the fir-trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’

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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr

kennings

þollum þings Þróttar
‘to the fir-trees of the assembly of Þróttr. ’
= WARRIORS
the assembly of Þróttr. → BATTLE
to the fir-trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

þings ‘of the assembly’

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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly

kennings

þollum þings Þróttar
‘to the fir-trees of the assembly of Þróttr. ’
= WARRIORS
the assembly of Þróttr. → BATTLE
to the fir-trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

þings ‘of the assembly’

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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly

kennings

þollum þings Þróttar
‘to the fir-trees of the assembly of Þróttr. ’
= WARRIORS
the assembly of Þróttr. → BATTLE
to the fir-trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

þollum ‘to the fir-trees’

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þollr (noun m.): fir-tree

kennings

þollum þings Þróttar
‘to the fir-trees of the assembly of Þróttr. ’
= WARRIORS
the assembly of Þróttr. → BATTLE
to the fir-trees of the BATTLE → WARRIORS

segja ‘say’

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segja (verb): say, tell

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