GunnLeif Merl II 61VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 61 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 61)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 185.
Geisar ‘will surge’
(not checked:)
geisa (verb): rage
geimi ‘The sea’
(not checked:)
geimi (noun m.): ocean
gengr ‘will go’
(not checked:)
2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hann ‘it’
(not checked:)
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
upp ‘up’
(not checked:)
upp (adv.): up
í ‘into’
(not checked:)
í (prep.): in, into
lopt ‘the sky’
(not checked:)
loft (noun n.): air, sky
slíkt ‘such’
(not checked:)
2. slíkr (adj.): such
es ‘is’
(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ógurligt ‘terrifying’
(not checked:)
ógurligr (adj.): horrible
ýta ‘of men’
(not checked:)
ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
kennings
bǫrnum ýta.‘for the children of men. ’
= MANKIND
for the children of men. → MANKIND
bǫrnum ‘for the children’
(not checked:)
barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
kennings
bǫrnum ýta.‘for the children of men. ’
= MANKIND
for the children of men. → MANKIND
Slíkt ‘Such’
(not checked:)
2. slíkr (adj.): such
es ‘is’
(not checked:)
2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ógurligt ‘terrifying’
(not checked:)
ógurligr (adj.): horrible
upp ‘’
(not checked:)
upp (adv.): up
at ‘to’
(not checked:)
5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
telja ‘recount’
(not checked:)
telja (verb): tell, count
mun ‘will’
(not checked:)
munu (verb): will, must
in ‘the’
(not checked:)
2. inn (art.): the
forna ‘ancient’
(not checked:)
forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
mold ‘earth’
(not checked:)
mold (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u; -ir): earth, soil
af ‘emptied’
(not checked:)
af (prep.): from
firum ‘of men’
(not checked:)
firar (noun m.): men
verða ‘be’
(not checked:)
1. verða (verb): become, be
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Cf. DGB 117 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 159.302; cf. Wright 1988, 115, prophecy 74): In ictu radii exurgent aequora ‘In the flash of its beam, the seas will rise’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 158). This marks a conclusion of the prophecies in DGB. — [1]: De Vries (1964-7, II, 75 n. 179) compares Vsp 57/5.
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.