GunnLeif Merl II 42VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 42 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 42)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 172.
Trú ‘Trust’
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2. trúa (verb): to believe (in)
mér ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
galti ‘boar’
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galti (noun m.): boar
notes
[2] munk ‘I will’: Corrected from ms. ek ek man (not refreshed) to ek man by Bret 1848-9 and Merl 2012. Skj B (followed by Skald and this edn) emends to munk ‘I will’.
heill ‘honourable’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
vesa ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
svík ‘deceive’
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svíkja (verb): betray, deceive
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
aldregi ‘will never’
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aldrigi (adv.): never
svín ‘the pig’
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svín (noun n.; °-s; -): swine, pig
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
tryggðum ‘truces’
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tryggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): security, oath
Fund ‘a meeting’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
skulum ‘We will’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
leggja ‘set’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
frið ‘a safe-conduct’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
gera ‘devise’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
skaltu ‘will’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
einn ‘you alone’
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1. einn (num. cardinal; °f. ein, n. eitt; pl. einir; superl. debil. -asti(Anna238(2001) 155³²)): one; alone
gera ‘determine’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
okkar ‘us two’
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2. vit (pron.): we two
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
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Cf. DGB 116, as for II 41. — [1-2]: Kock (NN §2163A; Skald) suggests emendation of trú to hlýð ‘hear’, yielding alliteration with heill. — [7] gera ‘determine’: For this sense of gera see CVC: göra IV; Fritzner: gera 12. In a legal embellishment to Geoffrey’s narrative, Gunnlaugr has the fox deceptively offering the boar sole judgement (sjálfdœmi) in the dispute between them.
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