GunnLeif Merl II 58VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 58 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 58)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 183.
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
grund ‘the earth’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
ept ‘after’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
gróða ‘its fecundity’
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gróði (noun m.; °-a): [growth]
hafnar ‘will lose’
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1. hafna (verb): abandon, reject
né ‘nor will’
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né (conj.): nor
skúr ‘the shower’
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1. skúr (noun f.; °; -ir): shower
ofan ‘’
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ofan (adv.): down
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
skýjum ‘the clouds’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud
kemr ‘descend’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
Sól ‘The sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
ok ‘and ’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
máni ‘the moon’
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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon
sjǫlf ‘themselves’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
annan ‘a different’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
veg ‘path’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
fara ‘will take’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
fagrskǫpuð ‘beautifully created’
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fagrskapaðr (adj.)
notes
[7] fagrskǫpuð ‘beautifully created’: A hap. leg. in poetry; the sole prose attestation occurs in Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 98; cf. ONP: fagrskapaðr).
en ‘from’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fyrr ‘previously’
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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner
hafi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
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Gunnlaugr appears to be summarising Geoffrey’s description of the disruption of the heavenly bodies in prophecies 72 and 73, especially 72 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 159.288-9): Arebunt segetes his indignantibus, et humor conuexi negabitur ‘Because of their wrath crops will wither and moisture from the sky will be denied’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 158; cf. Wright 1988, 114).
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