GunnLeif Merl II 68VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 68 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 68)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 189.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
herþarfr ‘the one beneficent to his people’
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herþarfr (adj.)
hrindi ‘avert’
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1. hrinda (verb): launch, propell
gǫrla ‘utterly’
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gǫrla (adv.): quite, fully
gumna ‘of men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
liðs ‘to the host’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
grandi ‘all harm’
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granda (verb): harm, injure
hverju ‘may’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
svát ‘so that’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
til ‘to ’
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til (prep.): to
lífs ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
leiði ‘lead’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
gǫrva ‘may fully’
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gǫrva (adv.): fully
þjóðar ‘of the people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
kennings
vǫrðr þjóðar‘the protector of the people ’
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the protector of the people → God
vǫrðr ‘the protector’
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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender
kennings
vǫrðr þjóðar‘the protector of the people ’
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the protector of the people → God
mengi ‘multitude’
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mengi (noun n.): multitude, crowd
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