GunnLeif Merl II 33VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 33 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 33)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 164.
Hríð ‘The storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm
kennings
‘Hríð hjalma‘‘The storm of helmets ’
= BATTLE
‘The storm of helmets → BATTLE
gerisk ‘arises’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hjalma ‘of helmets’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
kennings
‘Hríð hjalma‘‘The storm of helmets ’
= BATTLE
‘The storm of helmets → BATTLE
hlífar ‘shields’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
klofna ‘are split’
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klofna (verb): cleave
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
rammliga ‘powerfully’
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rammliga (adv.)
randir ‘the shields’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
kníðar ‘battered’
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knýja (verb): press forward, urge, drive
Gnesta ‘clatter’
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gnesta (verb): emit crashing sound
geirar ‘Spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
guðr ‘battle’
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guðr (noun f.): battle
vakin ‘awakened’
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4. vaka (verb): awaken
verðr ‘is made’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
notes
[7-8] lið verðr víða at vallroði ‘far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield’: Lit. ‘the army far and wide is made into a field-reddening’. The cpd vallroð ‘field-reddening’, meaning ‘slaughter’, is a hap. leg.
víða ‘far and wide’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
notes
[7-8] lið verðr víða at vallroði ‘far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield’: Lit. ‘the army far and wide is made into a field-reddening’. The cpd vallroð ‘field-reddening’, meaning ‘slaughter’, is a hap. leg.
lið ‘the army’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
notes
[7-8] lið verðr víða at vallroði ‘far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield’: Lit. ‘the army far and wide is made into a field-reddening’. The cpd vallroð ‘field-reddening’, meaning ‘slaughter’, is a hap. leg.
at ‘to’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[7-8] lið verðr víða at vallroði ‘far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield’: Lit. ‘the army far and wide is made into a field-reddening’. The cpd vallroð ‘field-reddening’, meaning ‘slaughter’, is a hap. leg.
vallroði ‘redden the battlefield’
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vallroð (noun n.)
notes
[7-8] lið verðr víða at vallroði ‘far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield’: Lit. ‘the army far and wide is made into a field-reddening’. The cpd vallroð ‘field-reddening’, meaning ‘slaughter’, is a hap. leg.
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