GunnLeif Merl I 18VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 86 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 60.
Þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
gera ‘wage’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
vatns ‘the lake’s’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
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[2] farveg vatns ‘the lake’s outlet’: Referring to the skorningar ‘channels’ mentioned in I 13/2. The noun farvegr, lit. ‘route of travel’, is in prose predominantly used of the course of a river (Fritzner: farvegr 2; ONP: farvegr) but this is its sole attestation in that sense in poetry (LP: farvegr).
farveg ‘outlet’
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farvegr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; acc. -u)
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[2] farveg vatns ‘the lake’s outlet’: Referring to the skorningar ‘channels’ mentioned in I 13/2. The noun farvegr, lit. ‘route of travel’, is in prose predominantly used of the course of a river (Fritzner: farvegr 2; ONP: farvegr) but this is its sole attestation in that sense in poetry (LP: farvegr).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lengi ‘for a long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
hvatt ‘time’
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hvatr (adj.; °-ari, -an; -astr): keen, brave
linnar ‘the snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
berjask ‘fight each other fiercely’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
Mega ‘has’
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mega (verb): may, might
ormar ‘snake’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
ýmsir ‘Now one’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate
meira ‘the advantage’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ýmsir ‘now one, now the other’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate
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[7] þar ‘there’: Emended in this edn from ms. þeir ‘they’ (not refreshed) for the sake of sense and parallelism with l. 5.
undan ‘refuge’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
leggja ‘takes’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
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Cf. DGB 111 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.30-1): Ipsis ergo in hunc modum pugnantibus ‘As they fought in this way’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 144).
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