GunnLeif Merl II 53VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 53 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 53)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 179.
Hagr ‘The state’
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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition
gerisk ‘will become’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hǫlða ‘of men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
hættr ‘perilous’
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hættr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): dangerous
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
mǫrgu ‘many ways’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
munat ‘it will not be’
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munu (verb): will, must
fyrða ‘of men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
ráð ‘the conduct’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
fagrt ‘good’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[4] fagrt: fagr Hb
notes
[4] fagrt ‘good’: Emended in Bret 1848-9, followed by all subsequent eds, from ms. fagr (refreshed).
at ‘to ’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
reyna ‘test’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
notes
[4] reyna ‘test’: This verb is attested in relation to God’s testing of Job and Abraham in HómÍsl (HómÍsl 1993, 29, 43; cf. ONP: reyna), and the sense is probably similar here.
Dyljask ‘deluded’
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dylja (verb; °dulði; dulðr/duliðr/dulinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dyll Hirð 401²³, etc., dyl FrostKrᴵ 152¹⁹, etc.)): conceal
drjúgum ‘they will be massively’
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drjúgr (adj.; °compar. -ari (drýgari [$1033$] ms. 56v, superl. -astr): very, excessive
draums ‘in a dream’
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draumr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): dream
[6] draums: ‘dráms’ Hb
notes
[6] draums ‘in a dream’: Lit. ‘of a dream’. Emended in Bret 1848-9, followed by all subsequent eds, from ms. ‘dráms’ (refreshed).
ívaðendr ‘Wanderers’
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ívaðandi (noun m.)
notes
[6] ívaðendr ‘wanderers’: A hap. leg.
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
sjalfa ‘them’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
sik ‘selves’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
sjásk ‘take heed’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ekki ‘they will not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
at ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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