GunnLeif Merl I 35VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 103 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 35)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 72.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
gerisk ‘will come about’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
of ‘for’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
Breta ‘the British’
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Breti (noun m.; °; -ar): Briton
es ‘as’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þeim ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
enn ‘in’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
áðr ‘the past’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
of ‘also’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
grandat ‘harmed’
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granda (verb): harm, injure
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sjalfir ‘themselves’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
sáttir ‘be in harmony’
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sáttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): reconciled, at peace
verða ‘will’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
Deila ‘will compete’
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2. deila (verb; °-ld-): share out, deal
þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
of ‘for’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
veldi ‘power’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
of ‘for’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
víða ‘the wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
fold ‘territory’
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fold (noun f.): land
eru ‘will be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
kappsamar ‘in rivalry’
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kappsamr (adj.): vigorous
kindir ‘the British’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
brezkar ‘peoples’
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brezkr (adj.): British
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Cf. DGB 112 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 147.56-7; cf. Wright 1988, 103, prophecy 5): Exin in proprios mores reuertetur rubeus draco et in se ipsum saeuire laborabit ‘Then the red dragon will return to its old ways and strive to tear at itself’ (Reeve and Wright 2007, 146). Gunnlaugr elaborates on the cryptic allusion to internecine conflict in Geoffrey’s text and rationalises the allegory, on the lines seen in DGB XI (J. S. Eysteinsson 1953-7, 101-2; for text see Reeve and Wright 2007, 276-7) and Bede HE I, 22 (Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 66-9). According to Geoffrey in DGB XI, Cadualadrus (Cadwallader, referred to by Bede as Ciedwalla) succeeds Caduallo as king but falls sick, whereupon the Britons fight among themselves and suffer famine and pestilence. — [7-10]: All eds treat these lines as the conclusion of st. 35. In Hb <D> of deila is clearly majuscule, indicating the copyist’s understanding of the stanza division, but the disposition of narrative materials suggests that he was mistaken on this score. See Note to I 34/9‑10.
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