GunnLeif Merl I 26VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 94 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 26)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 65.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Rúmverjar ‘the Romans’
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rómverr (noun m.)
ræsi ‘the king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
ugga ‘will fear’
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ugga (verb): to fear, suspect
megut ‘will not be able to’
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mega (verb): may, might
reisa ‘raise’
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2. reisa (verb): to raise, erect
notes
[3-4] reisa rǫnd við ‘raise a shield against’: Meaning ‘be capable of resisting’ (CVC: reisa). Cf. Note to II 37/3‑4.
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
rǫnd ‘a shield’
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rǫnd (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; rendr/randir): shield, shield-rim
notes
[3-4] reisa rǫnd við ‘raise a shield against’: Meaning ‘be capable of resisting’ (CVC: reisa). Cf. Note to II 37/3‑4.
við ‘against’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[3-4] reisa rǫnd við ‘raise a shield against’: Meaning ‘be capable of resisting’ (CVC: reisa). Cf. Note to II 37/3‑4.
stilli ‘the lord’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
Mart ‘much’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
veitk ‘I know’
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1. vita (verb): know
annat ‘else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
men ‘of ring’
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2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbrota,‘the breaker of ring, ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Arthur
the breaker of ring, → GENEROUS MAN = Arthur
brota ‘the breaker’
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broti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): breaker < menbroti (noun m.): necklace-breaker
kennings
menbrota,‘the breaker of ring, ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Arthur
the breaker of ring, → GENEROUS MAN = Arthur
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
óglǫgt ‘indistinctly’
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ógløggr (adj.)
sék ‘I see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ørlǫg ‘the fate’
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ørlag (noun n.): (pl.) primal law, fate
konungs ‘of the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
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Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 145.42; cf. Wright 1988, 102, prophecy 2): Tremebit Romulea domus saeuiciam ipsius, et exitus eius dubius erit ‘The house of Romulus will tremble before his rage, and his end shall be unknown’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 144). Gunnlaugr adds the claim to know more about Arthur (J. S. Eysteinsson 1953-7, 99).
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