GunnLeif Merl I 103VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 171 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 103)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 133.
Heilir ‘Hail’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
þeirs ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hlýtt ‘listened’
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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able
hafa ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
flein ‘barb’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear < fleinvarpaðr (noun m.): [barb-throwers]
kennings
fleinvarpaðir,‘barb-throwers ’
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barb-throwers → WARRIORS
notes
[3] fleinvarpaðir ‘barb-throwers [MEN]’: A hap. leg.
varpaðir ‘throwers’
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-vǫrpuðr (noun m.): -thrower < fleinvarpaðr (noun m.): [barb-throwers]
kennings
fleinvarpaðir,‘barb-throwers ’
= WARRIORS
barb-throwers → WARRIORS
notes
[3] fleinvarpaðir ‘barb-throwers [MEN]’: A hap. leg.
frœði ‘lore’
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2. frœði (noun n.): knowledge
þessu ‘to this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
Geri ‘do’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
gótt ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
gumar ‘Let men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[6] en ‘and’: Merl 2012 has enn, but perhaps as a slip, since the translation is aber ‘but’.
glati ‘shun’
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glata (verb): destroy
illu ‘evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
bíði ‘experience’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
bráða ‘a speedy’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
bót ‘remedy’
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bót (noun f.; °-ar; bǿtr): compensation
afruna ‘errors’
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afrunr (noun m.; °; -ir): °transgression, sin; injustice
hafi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
hylli ‘the grace’
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hylli (noun f.; °-): favour
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
himinríki ‘the heavenly kingdom’
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himinríki (noun n.): Heaven
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[1-2]: Turville-Petre (1953, 201) compares these lines with Hávm 164/5-8. — [10]: After this line, as noted in Merl 2012, the word Amen appears, probably as a scribal addition.
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