GunnLeif Merl I 58VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 126 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 58)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 95.
Es ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
reiðingu ‘will waver’
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reiðing (noun f.; °dat. -u; -ar): °bevægelse (frem og tilbage), røre, tumult; udbredelse (af rygte), rygtedannelse
ráð ‘The behaviour’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
þjóðkonungs ‘of the mighty king’
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þjóðkonungr (noun m.): mighty king
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
fyrra ‘first’
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1. fyrri (adj. comp.; °superl. fyrstr): first
hlut ‘part’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
fylkis ‘of the leader’s’
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fylki (noun n.): county
ævi ‘life’
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ævi (noun f.; °-/-ar): life
En ‘But’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
øfri ‘later’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
aldr ‘life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
auð ‘of the wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðvǫrpuðr (noun m.)
kennings
auðvarpaðar‘of the wealth-flinger ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the wealth-flinger → GENEROUS MAN
varpaðar ‘flinger’
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-vǫrpuðr (noun m.): -thrower < auðvǫrpuðr (noun m.)
kennings
auðvarpaðar‘of the wealth-flinger ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the wealth-flinger → GENEROUS MAN
líkar ‘will please’
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3. líka (verb)
helgum ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
kennings
helgum himinstilli‘the holy ruler of heaven ’
= God
the holy ruler of heaven → God
himin ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky < himinstillir (noun m.)
kennings
helgum himinstilli‘the holy ruler of heaven ’
= God
the holy ruler of heaven → God
stilli ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler < himinstillir (noun m.)
kennings
helgum himinstilli‘the holy ruler of heaven ’
= God
the holy ruler of heaven → God
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
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Cf. DGB 114 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 149.101-2; cf. Wright 1988, 105, prophecy 17): Principium eius uago affectui succumbet, sed finis ipsius ad superos conuolabit ‘His beginning will be weakened by uncertain desires, but his end will ascend to the heavens’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 148).
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