GunnLeif Merl I 14VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 82 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 14)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 57.
‘’
kennings
seimgefendr‘the givers of treasure ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the givers of treasure → GENEROUS MEN
Gerðu ‘did’
(not checked:)
1. gera (verb): do, make
greppar ‘Men’
(not checked:)
greppr (noun m.; °; -ar): poet, man
þats ‘as he’
(not checked:)
2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gumnum ‘them’
(not checked:)
gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
notes
[2] gumnum ‘them’: Lit. ‘men’.
bauð ‘ordered’
(not checked:)
bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
varð ‘was’
(not checked:)
1. verða (verb): become, be
vatni ‘the lake’
(not checked:)
vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
niðr ‘down’
(not checked:)
3. niðr (adv.): down
veitt ‘drained’
(not checked:)
2. veita (verb): grant, give
ór ‘from’
(not checked:)
3. ór (prep.): out of
fjalli ‘the mountain’
(not checked:)
1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
Ok ‘And’
(not checked:)
3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
seim ‘of treasure’
(not checked:)
2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold
kennings
seimgefendr‘the givers of treasure ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the givers of treasure → GENEROUS MEN
gefendr ‘the givers’
(not checked:)
gefandi (noun m.; °-a; gefendr): dispenser, giver < seimgefandi (noun m.): giver of treasure
kennings
seimgefendr‘the givers of treasure ’
= GENEROUS MEN
the givers of treasure → GENEROUS MEN
snáka ‘snakes’
(not checked:)
snákr (noun m.): snake
þekðu ‘could see’
(not checked:)
þekða (verb)
tryggðarlausa ‘the treacherous’
(not checked:)
tryggðarlauss (adj.)
sem ‘just as’
(not checked:)
sem (conj.): as, which
Týr ‘Týr <god>’
(not checked:)
Týr (noun m.): Týr
kennings
hugspár Týr Hristar‘the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist ’
= WARRIOR = Merlin
the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist → WARRIOR = Merlin
notes
[8, 9] Týr Hristar ‘the Týr <god> of Hrist <valkyrie> [WARRIOR = Merlin]’: The name of the valkyrie, Hrist, functions, like the more common valkyrie-name Hildr, as a replacement for the concept ‘battle’, to create a warrior-kenning, with the base-word the name of the god Týr; cf. Meissner 273.
firum ‘to men’
(not checked:)
firar (noun m.): men
hafði ‘had’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
Hristar ‘of Hrist’
(not checked:)
Hrist (noun f.): Hrist
kennings
hugspár Týr Hristar‘the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist ’
= WARRIOR = Merlin
the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist → WARRIOR = Merlin
notes
[8, 9] Týr Hristar ‘the Týr <god> of Hrist <valkyrie> [WARRIOR = Merlin]’: The name of the valkyrie, Hrist, functions, like the more common valkyrie-name Hildr, as a replacement for the concept ‘battle’, to create a warrior-kenning, with the base-word the name of the god Týr; cf. Meissner 273.
hugspár ‘the prophetic-minded’
(not checked:)
2. hugspá (adj.): [prophetic-minded]
kennings
hugspár Týr Hristar‘the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist ’
= WARRIOR = Merlin
the prophetic-minded Týr <god> of Hrist → WARRIOR = Merlin
sagat ‘said’
(not checked:)
segja (verb): say, tell
notes
[10] sagat ‘said’: See Note to I 4/3.
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Cf. DGB 108 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 141.575): Credidit rex uerbis eius quia uerum dixerat de stagno et iussit illud hauriri ‘Because he had been right about the pool, the king believed him and ordered it to be drained’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 140).
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.