GunnLeif Merl II 50VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 50 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 50)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 177.
Langt ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
es ‘It is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
tína ‘compile’
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tína (verb): pick, recount
lofða ‘of the people’
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lofði (noun m.; °; -ar): man
notes
[2] vinr lofða ‘the friend of the people’: The reference is to Merlin; cf. vinr gumna ‘the friend of the people’ in I 20/1.
vinr ‘the friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
notes
[2] vinr lofða ‘the friend of the people’: The reference is to Merlin; cf. vinr gumna ‘the friend of the people’ in I 20/1.
of ‘concerning’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
aldar ‘of the age’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
far ‘the course’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
ýtum ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
sagði ‘told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
Es ‘Very’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fæst ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
í ‘of’
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í (prep.): in, into
fagrt ‘is pleasant’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
at ‘to ’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
lætk ‘I will let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
líða ‘go by’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lok ‘the conclusion’
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1. lok (noun n.; °-s; -): end
segja ‘tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
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From this point in Merl the use of the prophecies in DGB becomes more selective. Cf. I 93/7-8, which states that sumt ‘some’ of the prophecies to be found in Gunnlaugr’s source are translated, but not all of them. — [5-6]: Perhaps in particular an allusion to prophecy 54, which describes a battle between a dragon and a naked giant (Reeve and Wright 2007, 156‑7); similar motifs occur in subsequent prophecies.
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