GunnLeif Merl II 8VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 8 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 141.
Vilja ‘will want to’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
hǫlðar ‘Men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
hylja ‘cover up’
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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume
brunna ‘the springs’
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brunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): spring, well
þás ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
flestum ‘for most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
hal ‘people’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
fjǫrspell ‘death’
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fjǫrspell (noun n.): [death]
gera ‘cause’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
lýðir ‘men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lǫg ‘the water’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea
bera ‘carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
alt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
verðr ‘will turn’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
ǫðru ‘something’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
en ‘other’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
áðr ‘previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
séi ‘than it was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
grund ‘earth’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
grjóti ‘stone’
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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone
grjót ‘stone’
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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vatni ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
notes
[10] vatni ‘water’: Viði ‘wood’ might be expected, to preserve the pattern, but the reading limpham ‘water’ rather than lignem ‘wood’ is the dominant one in the witnesses of DGB (Reeve and Wright 2007, 151; cf. Wright 1988, 107) and is no doubt what stood in Gunnlaugr’s source.
viðr ‘wood’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[12] af ‘from’: Emended in Bret 1848-9 (followed by subsequent eds) from ms. at (not refreshed), to improve the logic of the list.
ǫsku ‘ash’
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aska (noun f.; °ǫsku/asku; *-ur): °ashes
vatn ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 151.151-5; cf. Wright 1988, 107, prophecy 31): Tantam ingluuiem uitare uolentes, diuersis tegumentis eam occultare nitentur. Quaecunque ergo moles superposita fuerit formam alterius corporis recipiet. Terra namque in lapides, lapides in limpham, lignum in cineres, cinis in aquam, si superiecta fuerint, uertentur ‘To escape this menace, they will try to hide it under various things. Whatever is placed upon it will assume a different form. If earth is put over the spring, it will become stones, stones become water, wood become ash and ash become water’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 150).
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