GunnLeif Merl II 52VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 52 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 52)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 179.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
munu ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
gleymask ‘make merry’
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gleyma (verb): forget
notes
[1] gleymask ‘make merry’: Attestations of gleyma in this sense are rare, the dominant sense being ‘forget’ (ONP: gleyma), as in II 66/6.
gálausir ‘feckless’
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gálauss (adj.): careless
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sællífir ‘pleasure-seeking’
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sællífr (adj.)
seggir ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
drekka ‘take to drink’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
leita ‘seek’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
fagna ‘rejoice’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
við ‘in’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
fé ‘property’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
una ‘take pleasure’
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una (verb): be content, love
vell ‘gold’
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vell (noun n.): gold
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
œxla ‘increase’
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2. œxla (verb): augment
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vegsmuni ‘distinctions’
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vegsmunr (noun m.)
notes
[8] vegsmuni ‘distinctions’: The cpd vegsmunir ‘distinctions, honours’ (pl.) is attested only here in poetry and rarely in prose (ONP: vegsmunr).
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[1-4]: For the homiletic tone and content, cf. HómÍsl (HómÍsl 1993, 39): þetta líf eɢiar galausa meɴ til ofáts oc ofdryckio ‘this life encourages feckless men to over-eating and excessive drinking’.
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