GunnLeif Merl I 15VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 83 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 58.
text and translation
Ok drjúgligir drekar vǫknuðu;
gerðusk báðir brott úr rúmi.
Rennask síðan snart at móti
fróns fásýnir frœknir baugar.
Ok drjúgligir drekar vǫknuðu; báðir gerðusk brott úr rúmi. {Fásýnir frœknir baugar fróns} rennask síðan snart at móti.
‘And the mighty serpents woke; both moved away from their resting-places. The rarely-seen ferocious rings of the earth [SNAKES] then swiftly run towards each other. ’
notes and context
Cf. DGB 111 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.27): Cumque alter alteri appropinquasset ‘As they neared each other’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 144). Gunnlaugr elaborates on this description.
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AM 544 4° (Hb) — 51r/14 - 51r/15
imagesOk drivglegir drekar voknvðv gerðvz baðir brott or rvme rennaz siþan snart at moti frons | fasyner frꝍknir bavgar
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