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.
Farask ‘vanish’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
krístni ‘Christianity’
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kristni (noun f.; °-/-s(Ágr 26¹²)): Christianity
kirkjur ‘churches’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
falla ‘collapse’
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falla (verb): fall
harmr ‘sorrow’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
hǫfugr ‘a grievous’
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hǫfugr (adj.; °acc. hǫfgan, compar. hǫfgari): heavy, difficult
herr ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
landi ‘the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
enn ‘once more’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
eflask ‘gain strength’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
auma ‘miserable’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
áðr ‘prior’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
es ‘to that’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
harðla ‘sorely’
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harðla (adv.): very, highly, greatly
hnekt ‘checked’
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hnekkja (verb): drive off, reject
hennar ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kosti ‘welfare’
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1. kostr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): choice, food, goods, good quality
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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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