GunnLeif Merl II 20VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 20 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 20)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 153.
Lundúnum ‘London’
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Lundúnir (noun f.): [London]
líkar ‘please’
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4. líka (verb): please
illa ‘will dis’
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1. illa (adv.): badly
eykr ‘will increase’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
hon ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
þrimr ‘three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
hlutum ‘fold’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
þykka ‘her thick’
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2. þykkr (adj.): thick
veggi ‘walls’
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1. veggr (noun m.; °-jar/-s(Páll²A 257³³), dat. -/-i(kun defin.); -ir): wall
Kostar ‘will attempt’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
hon ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
konungíðnir ‘the king’s exploits’
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konungíðn (noun f.)
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[6] konungíðnir ‘the king’s exploits’: A hap. leg. Compounds with initial konung-, as distinct from konungs- and konunga-, are sparsely attested in Old Norse (ONP).
ferr ‘will travel’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[7] ferr: ‘mer’ apparently corrected from ‘ferr’(?) during the process of refreshing Hb
suðr ‘south’
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2. suðr (adv.): south, in the south
of ‘over’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
fjall ‘the mountain’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
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[7] fjall ‘the mountain’: The sg. fjall, as used in Merl, often corresponds to Lat. montes ‘mountains’ and other pl. forms in DGB (cf. II 39/1, II 41/2).
frægð ‘news’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
smíði ‘the work’
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1. smíði (noun f.): [craftsmanship]
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[9] en* Tems ‘and the Thames’: Emended in Bret 1848-9, followed by all subsequent eds, from ms. ‘eyr teins’ (refreshed).
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[9] en* Tems ‘and the Thames’: Emended in Bret 1848-9, followed by all subsequent eds, from ms. ‘eyr teins’ (refreshed).
of ‘around’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
borg ‘the city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
tekr ‘will start’
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2. taka (verb): take
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
geisa ‘surge’
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geisa (verb): rage
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 153.174-6; cf. Wright 1988, 109, prophecy 37): Inuidebit ergo Lundonia et muros suos tripliciter augebit. Circuibit eam undique Tamensis fluuius, et rumor operis transcendet Alpes ‘London will be filled with envy and will increase its walls threefold. The Thames will encircle the city, and fame of this feat will travel beyond the Alps’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 152). London and Winchester were increasingly in competition in Geoffrey’s time as royal and administrative centres. — [5-6]: This idea is made more explicit than in DGB, as would have been necessary if st. 21 had originally preceded st. 20 (see Note to II 19 [All]).
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