GunnLeif Merl I 101VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 169 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 101)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 132.
Frétti ‘Let’
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frétta (verb): ask, enquire
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
þeirs ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fold ‘earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
enn ‘’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
at ‘after’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
óra ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
ævi ‘lifetime’
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ævi (noun f.; °-/-ar): life
liðna ‘has passed’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
hvat ‘find out’
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hvat (pron.): what
of ‘of’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
her ‘men’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
gerisk ‘what becomes’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
huga ‘heed’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
leiði ‘pay’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
Beri ‘Let them compare’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
nýju ‘new’
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nýr (adj.; °nýjan; compar. nýrri, superl. nýjastr): new
spjǫll ‘tidings’
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1. spjall (noun n.): story
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
spásǫgu ‘the prophecy’
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spásaga (noun f.)
sé ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (adv.): how
saman ‘coincide’
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saman (adv.): together
falli ‘the two’
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falla (verb): fall
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Gunnlaugr’s sentiment here, that the Prophecies would be borne out in the fullness of time, was one shared by people in the medieval and even early modern British Isles, especially in Wales (Taylor 1911, 103‑4). See Introduction on this topic.
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