GunnLeif Merl II 66VIII
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 ‘rejoice’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
ǫll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
góðum ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
hug ‘heart’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
ván ‘the expectation’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
vegs ‘of honour’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dýrðar ‘renown’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
Gætum ‘Let us heed’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
góðs ‘the good’
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góðr (adj.): good
gleymum ‘forget’
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gleyma (verb): forget
illu ‘the bad’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
eflum ‘strengthen’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
[7] eflum: ‘oflum’ Hb
notes
[7] eflum ‘strengthen’: Emended in Skj B, followed by Skald, Merl 2012 and this edn, from ms. ‘oflum’ (not refreshed); eflum is incorrectly read in Bret 1848-9.
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
andar ‘of the soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
prýði ‘the glory’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
notes
[8] prýði ‘glory’: Merl 2012 reads frýði, emending to prýði, but the status of the latter as the ms. reading is not in doubt.
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