GunnLeif Merl I 23VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 91 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 23)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 63.
text and translation
‘Farask mun krístni, kirkjur falla;
sás harmr hǫfugr; herr es í landi.
Þá mun enn eflask in auma þjóð;
áðr es harðla hnekt hennar kosti.
‘Krístni mun farask, kirkjur falla; sás hǫfugr harmr; herr es í landi. Þá mun in auma þjóð enn eflask; kosti hennar es áðr harðla hnekt.
‘‘Christianity will vanish, churches collapse; that is a grievous sorrow; the [invading] army is in the land. Then the miserable people will gain strength once more; prior to that their welfare is sorely checked. ’
notes and context
Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.38-9; cf. Wright 1988, 102, prophecies 1 and 2): Cultus religionis delebitur, et ruina ecclesiarum patebit. Praeualebit tandem oppressa et saeuiciae exterorum resistet ‘Religious observance will be destroyed and churches stand in ruins. At last the oppressed will rise up and resist the foreigners’ fury’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 144).
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Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 544 4° (Hb) — 51r/25 - 51r/27
imagesFaraz mvn kristni kirkivr falla sa er har | mr hofvgr herr er i landi þa man en eflaz en avma þioð aðr er harðla hnekt hennar | kosti
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