GunnLeif Merl II 55VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 55 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 55)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 181.
Hǫfugt ‘grievous’
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hǫfugr (adj.; °acc. hǫfgan, compar. hǫfgari): heavy, difficult
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)
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
þats ‘what’
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þats (conj.): that, which
of ‘of’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
her ‘the people’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
gerisk ‘becomes’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
lifa ‘will live’
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lifa (verb): live
fénaðar ‘of beasts’
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féna (verb)
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
lífi ‘the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
Hyggja ‘They will think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
á ‘of’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
þrágjarnan ‘obdurate’
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þrágjarn (adj.)
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[6] þrágjarnan heim ‘obdurate world’: The sole attestation of this adj. where it is not used in relation to persons (ONP: þrágjarn).
heim ‘world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
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[6] þrágjarnan heim ‘obdurate world’: The sole attestation of this adj. where it is not used in relation to persons (ONP: þrágjarn).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hvers ‘of every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
konar ‘kind’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
hafna ‘forsake’
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1. hafna (verb): abandon, reject
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[8] hafna ‘forsake’: This verb occurs frequently in homiletic writings in the sense of Lat. contemnere ‘disregard, despise’, in relation to God or a virtuous life (ONP: hafna).
gœzku ‘goodness’
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gœzka (noun f.): goodness
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[8] gœzku ‘goodness’: The noun gœzka in this sense occurs frequently in homiletic writings (ONP: gǿzka).
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 157.230-1; cf. Wright 1988, 111, prophecy 53): quia more pecudum lasciuient ‘because they will rut like animals’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 156). Gunnlaugr characteristically tones down this sexual reference.
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