[3] gleðu ‘of the kite’: Emended from ms. gleði ‘gladness’ (not refreshed) in Skj B (followed by Skald). In Bret 1848-9 an otherwise unattested m. by-form of gleða (*gleðr?) is proposed. Merl 2012 retains gleði, translating this in combination with ránsemi as das Vergnügen am Rauben ‘pleasure in robbery’. Gunnlaugr no doubt rendered Geoffrey’s animal lore accurately but in subsequent transmission of Merl the phrase was possibly misinterpreted in this way.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Bret 1848-9 = Jón Sigurðsson. 1848-9. ‘Trójumanna saga ok Breta sögur, efter Hauksbók, med dansk Oversættelse’. ÅNOH 1848, 3-215; 1849, 3-145.
- Merl 2012 = Horst, Simone, ed. 2012. Merlínússpá. Merlins Prophezeiung. Munich: Herbert Utz Verlag.