[5] manna ‘of men’: This is the ms. reading (cf. Hb 1892-6), but thanks to the refresher the final -a has become indistinct. Bret 1848-9 interpreted the word as meirr, translating er meirr as voxer ‘increases’. Merl 2012 reads meir (presumably intending ‘more’, as adv.), without clarifying how this would work syntactically.
References
- Bibliography
- Hb 1892-6 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1892-6. Hauksbók udgiven efter de Arnamagnæanske håndskrifter no. 371, 544 og 675, 4° samt forskellige papirshåndskrifter. Copenhagen: Det kongelige nordiske oldskrift-selskab.
- 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.