GunnLeif Merl I 27VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 95 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 66.
Hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
munu ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
tígna ‘honour’
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tígna (verb): honour
tungur ‘The tongues’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
lýða ‘of men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
gramr ‘king’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
vera ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
gumnum ‘among men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
tíðastr ‘the most renowned’
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2. tíðr (adj.; °compar. tíðari, superl. tíðastr): popular
Ey ‘always’
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4. ey (adv.): always
notes
[5] mun ey uppi ‘will always be remembered’: The formula vera uppi in this context means ‘live in the memory, be remembered’ (cf. Fritzner: vera uppi b, Arn Hryn 15/1II, Gríp 23/5, 41/3).
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
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[5] mun ey uppi ‘will always be remembered’: The formula vera uppi in this context means ‘live in the memory, be remembered’ (cf. Fritzner: vera uppi b, Arn Hryn 15/1II, Gríp 23/5, 41/3).
uppi ‘be remembered’
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uppi (adv.): up, up in
notes
[5] mun ey uppi ‘will always be remembered’: The formula vera uppi in this context means ‘live in the memory, be remembered’ (cf. Fritzner: vera uppi b, Arn Hryn 15/1II, Gríp 23/5, 41/3).
ǫðlings ‘The lord’s’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
frami ‘prowess’
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frami (noun m.): success
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hróðr ‘glory’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
fara ‘will travel’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
með ‘to’
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með (prep.): with
himinskautum ‘the corners of heaven’
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himinskaut (noun n.)
notes
[8] himinskautum ‘the corners of heaven’: Himinskaut is a largely poetic word, with only one prose attestation (cf. ONP: himinskaut). The phrase með himinskautum occurs only here and in Hyndl 14/8, also a passage in praise of a king. Cf. also Gríp 10/8 and SnSt Ht 95/8III.
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Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.42-3; cf. Wright 1988, 102, prophecy 2): In ore populorum celebrabitur, et actus eius cibus erit narrantibus ‘He will be celebrated in the mouth of the nations and his deeds will feed those who tell them’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 144). The extension of the ‘mouth’ motif to ‘food’ and the allusion to tellers of stories on Arthurian themes is not represented in Merl.
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