GunnLeif Merl II 63VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 63 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 63)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 186.
Þó ‘Yet’
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þó (adv.): though
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
sagt ‘told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
seggja ‘of men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
kindum ‘the children’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
slíkt ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
es ‘as’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
bók ‘the book’
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1. bók (noun f.; °bǿkr/bókar; bǿkr): book
brǫgnum ‘men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
kynnir ‘teaches’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
Nýti ‘avail’
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nýta (verb): enjoy, use
sér ‘themselves’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
njótar ‘the users’
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njótr (noun m.): user, enjoyer
kennings
Njótar stála‘the users of weapons ’
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the users of weapons → WARRIORS
stála ‘of weapons’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
kennings
Njótar stála‘the users of weapons ’
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the users of weapons → WARRIORS
slíka ‘of such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
sǫgn ‘sayings’
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sǫgn (noun f.; °sagnar; sagnir): narrative, message; troop, men
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sésk ‘take’
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2. sjá (verb): see
fyrir ‘heed’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
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