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GunnLeif Merl II 32VIII

Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 32 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 32)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 163.

Gunnlaugr LeifssonMerlínusspá II
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Halda ‘will hold their course’

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halda (verb): hold, keep

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sunnan ‘from the south’

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sunnan (adv.): (from the) south

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of ‘across’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

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svalan ‘the cold’

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svalr (adj.): cool

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ægi ‘sea’

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2. ægir (noun m.): ocean, sea

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Bretlands ‘Wales’

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Bretland (noun n.)

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[3] á vit Bretlands ‘towards Wales’: Although Bretland otherwise refers to the whole of Britain, in this case it is likely to refer specifically to Wales, as the army is said to be coming from the south across the sea.

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á ‘to’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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[3] á vit Bretlands ‘towards Wales’: Although Bretland otherwise refers to the whole of Britain, in this case it is likely to refer specifically to Wales, as the army is said to be coming from the south across the sea.

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vit ‘wards’

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[3] á vit Bretlands ‘towards Wales’: Although Bretland otherwise refers to the whole of Britain, in this case it is likely to refer specifically to Wales, as the army is said to be coming from the south across the sea.

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til ‘for’

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til (prep.): to

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rómu ‘battle’

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róma (noun f.): battle

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En ‘But’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

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refr ‘the fox’

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refr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): fox

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hinig ‘swiftly’

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hinnig (adv.): here, hence

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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rekka ‘of men’

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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion

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lið ‘a band’

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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop

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fráliga ‘there’

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fráliga (adv.)

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fold ‘the land’

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fold (noun f.): land

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at ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

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verja ‘defend’

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3. verja (verb): defend

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See Note to II 31 [All].

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