GunnLeif Merl II 27VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 27 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 27)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 160.
Þrjá ‘three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
klekr ‘will hatch’
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klekja (verb)
notes
[1] klekr ‘will hatch’: The verb klekja ‘hatch’ is attested only here in poetry. Its prose occurrences are confined to learned texts (ONP: klekja).
hann ‘It’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[1] hann ‘it’: Omitted in Skald.
unga ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
hreiðri ‘nest’
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hreiðr (noun n.; °hreiðrs; gen. hreiðra): °fuglerede; (om bolig, tilholdssted)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hegra ‘of the heron’
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hegri (noun m.)
kyn ‘the offspring’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin
hugþekkt ‘loved’
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hugþekkr (adj.): beloved
firum ‘by men’
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firar (noun m.): men
Þars ‘will be there’
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þar (adv.): there
vargr ‘A wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
ok ‘also’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bjǫrn ‘a bear’
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bjǫrn (noun m.; °bjarnar, dat. birni; birnir, acc. bjǫrnu): bear, Bjǫrn
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
at ‘ass’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vísu ‘uredly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
refr ‘a fox’
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refr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): fox
slœgr ‘sly’
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2. slœgr (adj.): skilful
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sínum ‘to its own’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
verr ‘worse’
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verri (adj. comp.): worse, worst
alinn ‘born’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 153.188-9; cf. Wright 1988, 109, prophecy 41): Tria oua procreabuntur in nido, ex quibus uulpes et lupus et ursus egredientur ‘In the nest it will lay three eggs, from which will hatch a fox, a wolf and a bear’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 152). Gunnlaugr does not show awareness of the variant quattuor ‘four’ found in some mss (Reeve and Wright 2007, 153): see Introduction. In the ensuing stanzas Gunnlaugr somewhat amplifies Geoffrey’s story of the fox; some details of Gunnlaugr’s characterisation and kenning diction are very similar to those in Skaufhala bálkr (Svart Skauf); see further II 28/8, 9 and Notes there. — [3-4]: Gunnlaugr again amplifies on the nature of the heron, taking his cue from detestabilis ales ‘accursed bird’ in DGB 116 (see II 26 Note to [All]).
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