GunnLeif Merl II 6VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 6 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 6)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 139.
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
brunna ‘of the springs’
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brunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): spring, well
beztr ‘best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
reyna ‘try’
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reyna (verb): test, try, experience
eykr ‘it will increase’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
auð ‘for wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðstafr (noun m.): trees of riches
kennings
auðstǫfum,‘for wealth-staves, ’
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for wealth-staves, → MEN
stǫfum ‘staves’
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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick < auðstafr (noun m.): trees of riches
kennings
auðstǫfum,‘for wealth-staves, ’
= MEN
for wealth-staves, → MEN
aldr ‘the life-span’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
drekka ‘they drink’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
Né ‘Nor will’
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né (conj.): nor
sótt ‘sickness’
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sótt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): illness
hǫfug ‘grievous’
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hǫfugr (adj.; °acc. hǫfgan, compar. hǫfgari): heavy, difficult
sœkir ‘afflict’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
hǫlða ‘men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
þás ‘who’
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þás (conj.): when
bergt ‘tasted’
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bergja (verb; °-gð-): taste
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
beisku ‘the bitter’
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beiskr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bitter
vatni ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 151.148-9; cf. Wright 1988, 107, prophecy 31): Qui bibet de uno diuturniori uita fruetur nec superuenienti languore grauabitur ‘Whoever drinks from the first will enjoy a longer life, nor be weighed down by disease’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 150).
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