GunnLeif Merl I 32VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 100 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 32)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 70.
Líðr ‘whelm’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
nauðr ‘Hardship’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
yfir ‘will over’
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yfir (prep.): over
naðr ‘snake’
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naðr (noun m.): snake
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
hvíta ‘white’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
es ‘will be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kyn ‘kindred’
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1. kyn (noun n.; °-s; -): kin
kvalit ‘tormented’
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kvelja (verb): torment, torture
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[4] ok konur ristnar ‘and his women lacerated’: Gunnlaugr characteristically slightly tones down the reference to murderous abortion.
konur ‘his women’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
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[4] ok konur ristnar ‘and his women lacerated’: Gunnlaugr characteristically slightly tones down the reference to murderous abortion.
ristnar ‘lacerated’
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rísta (verb): carve, raise
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[4] ok konur ristnar ‘and his women lacerated’: Gunnlaugr characteristically slightly tones down the reference to murderous abortion.
Ræntr ‘robbed’
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ræna (verb): rob
es ‘will be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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[5] hann ‘he’: Omitted in Skald for metrical reasons.
borgum ‘of cities’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
búi ‘an estate’
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1. bú (noun n.; °-s, dat. -i/-(Landsl 39, DN III (1367) 279¹, DN XII (*1348AM 902 a) 73³⁰); -): homestead
mǫrgu ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
fé ‘property’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
hvers ‘of every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
konar ‘kind’
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konr (noun m.; °-ar): kind, descendant
foldu ‘land’
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fold (noun f.): land
grœnni ‘the green’
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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green
eru ‘will be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
grimmliga ‘savagely’
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grimmliga (adv.): fiercely
gumnar ‘men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
drepnir ‘slaughtered’
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drepa (verb; °drepr; drap, drápu; drepinn): kill, strike
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Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 147.51-5; cf. Wright 1988, 102, prophecy 4): Tunc infortunium albi festinabit et aedificia ortulorum eius diruentur … Ventres matrum secabuntur, et infantes abortiui erunt. Erit ingens supplicium hominum ut indigenae restituantur ‘Then the misfortune of the white will be hastened and the buildings in its gardens be destroyed … Mothers’ bellies will be cut open and infants aborted. People will suffer greatly in order that the natives be restored’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 146). The prophecy refers to the reconquest of the Britons led by King Caduallo recounted in DGB XI (Reeve and Wright 2007, 272-3). — [5-8]: Gunnlaugr expands on the implications for land and property, as occasionally elsewhere: cf. I 41 Note to [All], I 42 Note to [All], I 62 Note to [All].
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