GunnLeif Merl II 65VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 65 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 65)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 187.
Skrjúpt ‘Brittle’
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skrjúpr (adj.): [weak]
notes
[1] skrjúpt ‘brittle’: The adj. skrjúpr is attested in poetry only here and in Anon (FoGT) 13/2III, along with three prose attestations as a nickname (ONP: skrjúpr). The sense appears to be ‘brittle, weak, lacking resilience, incapable of enduring’ (CVC, LP: skrjúpr).
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
líf ‘the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
lýða ‘of men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kennings
barna lýða‘of the children of men ’
= MANKIND
the children of men → MANKIND
barna ‘of the children’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
kennings
barna lýða‘of the children of men ’
= MANKIND
the children of men → MANKIND
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
hreggská ‘the storm-worn’
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hreggskár (adj.): [stormy]
kennings
hreggská tjaldi heiðar.‘the storm-worn awning of heaven. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the storm-worn awning of heaven. → SKY/HEAVEN
heiðar ‘of heaven’
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2. heið (noun n.; °; -): clear sky
[4] heiðar: hliðar corrected from heiðar during the process of refreshing Hb
kennings
hreggská tjaldi heiðar.‘the storm-worn awning of heaven. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the storm-worn awning of heaven. → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[4] heiðar ‘of heaven’: The reading adopted in this edn derives from Bret 1848-9 (followed by Skj B), where it is restored from ms. hliðar (refreshed); letter <e> is visible beneath refreshed <l>. The erroneous reading hliðar is retained (without reference to the ms.) in Skald, presumably interpreted as hlíðar ‘of the hill-slope’, and this is followed in Merl 2012, which glosses as Abhangs ‘of the incline’.
tjaldi ‘awning’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
kennings
hreggská tjaldi heiðar.‘the storm-worn awning of heaven. ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the storm-worn awning of heaven. → SKY/HEAVEN
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
lífs ‘of the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
notes
[5] lau*n ‘rewards’: Emended from ms. lausn (not refreshed) in Bret 1848-9, followed by subsequent eds.
líða ‘pass away’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
eigi ‘do not ’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
góð ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
ill ‘evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
gumna ‘of men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
kennings
mengis gumna,‘of the multitude of men ’
= MANKIND
the multitude of men → MANKIND
mengis ‘of the multitude’
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mengi (noun n.): multitude, crowd
kennings
mengis gumna,‘of the multitude of men ’
= MANKIND
the multitude of men → MANKIND
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