GunnLeif Merl I 3VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 71 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 50.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
láð ‘land’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
þeira ‘of their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
liði ‘army’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
miklu ‘a great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
sjǫlf ‘they themselves’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
notes
[3] sjǫlf ‘they themselves’: The adj. sjǫlf is f. nom. sg. referring back to in enska þjóð ‘the English people’ in l. 5 of the previous stanza.
eignaðisk ‘took possession’
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eigna (verb; °-að-): acquire
í ‘according to’
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í (prep.): in, into
sǫgum ‘stories’
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1. saga (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): story, saga
fornum ‘the ancient’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þars ‘where’
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þars (conj.): where
kristnir ‘Christians’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
notes
[6] kœnir ‘wise’: This is an emendation of the unrefreshed ms. reading ‘kiænir’, first suggested in Bret 1848-9 and adopted by all subsequent eds, including the present one. Possibly, however, it has supplanted an original kirkjur ‘churches’, with byggja used in the sense of ‘occupy, frequent’ (cf. Fritzner: byggja 2; ONP: byggja 3), which would yield a noun contrastive with hallir ‘halls’. Cf. Merl I 23/2.
byggja ‘settle’
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2. byggja (verb; °byggir/byggvir; byggði; byggðr): inhabit, dwell; build, found
áðr ‘previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
tók ‘taken’
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2. taka (verb): take
heiðin ‘heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
hallir ‘halls’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
smíða ‘to constructing’
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smíða (verb): craft
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