GunnLeif Merl II 47VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 47 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 47)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 175.
Hann ‘It’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Kambríe ‘of Cambria’
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Kambría (noun f.)
kallar ‘will summon’
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kalla (verb): call
sveitir ‘the bands’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Norðhumru ‘Northumbria’
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Norðhumra (noun f.)
notes
[3-4] hjarðir nánar Norðhumru ‘the herds near Northumbria’: Presumably the Scots. Gunnlaugr does not use a name corresponding to Geoffrey’s Albania ‘Scotland’ (cf. I 64/4, where he translates Geoffrey’s Albania with Skotland).
nánar ‘near’
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2. náinn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr)
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[3-4] hjarðir nánar Norðhumru ‘the herds near Northumbria’: Presumably the Scots. Gunnlaugr does not use a name corresponding to Geoffrey’s Albania ‘Scotland’ (cf. I 64/4, where he translates Geoffrey’s Albania with Skotland).
hjarðir ‘the herds’
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hjǫrð (noun f.; °hjarðar, dat. -/-u; hjarðir/hjarðar): herd
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[3-4] hjarðir nánar Norðhumru ‘the herds near Northumbria’: Presumably the Scots. Gunnlaugr does not use a name corresponding to Geoffrey’s Albania ‘Scotland’ (cf. I 64/4, where he translates Geoffrey’s Albania with Skotland).
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ótrautt ‘without reluctance’
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ótrauðr (adj.): not reluctant
Tems ‘the Thames’
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Tems (noun f.)
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
þurru ‘dry’
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þurr (adj.): dry
drengs ‘warrior’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
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[7] dolgþorins drengs ‘of the battle-resolute warrior’: Referring back to the serpent-king of II 46/1 (represented by hann ‘it’ in 47/1), with a characteristic rationalisation of the allegory on Gunnlaugr’s part; Merl 2012 unnecessarily posits some other antecedent.
dolgþorins ‘of the battle-resolute’
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dolgþorinn (adj.)
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[7] dolgþorins drengs ‘of the battle-resolute warrior’: Referring back to the serpent-king of II 46/1 (represented by hann ‘it’ in 47/1), with a characteristic rationalisation of the allegory on Gunnlaugr’s part; Merl 2012 unnecessarily posits some other antecedent.
drekka ‘will drink’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
lýðir ‘the people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 155.208-9; cf. Wright 1988, 110, prophecy 46): Associabit sibi greges Albanorum et Kambriae, qui Tamensem potando siccabunt ‘It will ally itself to the flocks of Scotland and Wales, which will drink the Thames dry’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 154). The previous sentence in Geoffrey’s text is not represented in Merl.
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