Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 66 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 66)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 187.
Gleðjumk ǫll í góðum hug
ok við ván vegs ok dýrðar.
Gætum góðs, gleymum illu,
eflum opt andar prýði.
Gleðjumk ǫll í góðum hug ok við ván vegs ok dýrðar. Gætum góðs, gleymum illu, eflum opt prýði andar.
‘Let us all rejoice in good heart and with the expectation of honour and renown. Let us heed the good, forget the bad, often strengthen the glory of the soul. ’
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Gleðjumk ǫll
í góðum hug
ok við ván
vegs ok dýrðar.
Gætum góðs,
gleymum illu,
†oflum† opt
andar prýði.
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