GunnLeif Merl I 19VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 87 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 19)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 61.
Seg ‘Say’
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segja (verb): say, tell
Merlínus ‘Merlin’
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Merlínus (noun m.)
kvað ‘said’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
men ‘the neck-ring’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbroti, ‘—‘the neck-ring breaker, ‘— ’
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the neck-ring breaker, ‘— → GENEROUS MAN = Vortigern
broti ‘breaker’
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broti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): breaker < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbroti, ‘—‘the neck-ring breaker, ‘— ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Vortigern
the neck-ring breaker, ‘— → GENEROUS MAN = Vortigern
est ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fróðari ‘wiser’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise
fyrðum ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
ǫðrum ‘than other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
hvat ‘what’
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hvat (pron.): what
tákna ‘mean’
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tákna (verb)
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
tveggja ‘of the two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
orma ‘snakes’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
ógurligt ‘the fearsome’
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ógurligr (adj.): horrible
víg ‘battle’
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víg (noun n.; °-s; -): battle
aldar ‘of men’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
bǫrnum ‘for the children’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
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Cf. DGB 111 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.31-2): praecepit rex Ambrosio Merlino dicere quid proelium draconum portendebat ‘the king commanded Ambrosius Merlin to tell him what the battle of the serpents presaged’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 144).
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