GunnLeif Merl I 24VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 92 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 24)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 63.
Mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
líki ‘the likeness’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
lofðungr ‘A king’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
vegligastr ‘the most glorious’
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vegligr (adj.): magnificent
villigaltar ‘of a wild boar’
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villigalti (noun m.)
Hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fulltingir ‘will help’
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fulltingja (verb)
fárôðum ‘the bewildered’
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fáráðr (adj.)
her ‘army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
und ‘under’
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3. und (prep.): under, underneath
fótum ‘foot’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
trøðr ‘will tread’
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troða (verb): tread
ferðir ‘the armies’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
Saxa ‘of the Saxons’
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1. Saxi (noun m.; °; -ar): Saxon
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Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.39-40; cf. Wright 1988, 102, prophecy 2): Aper etenim Cornubiae succursum praestabit et colla eorum sub pedibus suis conculcabit ‘The boar of Cornwall will lend his aid and trample the foreigners’ necks beneath his feet’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 144). The reference is to King Arthur. Gunnlaugr rationalises the animal allegory by describing the king as in a boar’s likeness rather than an actual boar. Geoffrey’s reference to Cornwall is omitted. — [3]: J. S. Eysteinsson (1953-7, 99) argues that this recognition of Arthur’s key role amongst British kings must stem from DGB proper (IX-XI), not the Prophecies in isolation; but see Introduction on Gunnlaugr’s possible use of commentary material.
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