Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 79 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 55.
Ok inn fróði halr frétti lofða,
hvat und vatni væri niðri.
Ok, es engi þat annarr vissi,
sagði fylki fleinþollr spǫkum:
Ok inn fróði halr frétti lofða, hvat væri niðri und vatni. Ok, es engi annarr vissi þat, sagði {fleinþollr} spǫkum fylki:
‘And the wise man asked people what was further down beneath the lake. And, when nobody else knew that, the spear-fir [WARRIOR = Merlin] said to the sagacious king: ’
Cf. DGB 108 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 141.559-65): Ammirans continuo rex super uerbis illius iussit uenire magos et coram Merlino sedere. Quibus ait Merlinus: ‘… Dicite michi quid sub fundamento latet …’ Expauescentes autem magi conticuerunt ‘Amazed at what he said, the king ordered the magicians to come and sit before Merlin. To them Merlin said: “… Tell me what is hidden beneath the foundations …” The magicians were cowed into silence’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 140).
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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