GunnLeif Merl I 67VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 135 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 67)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 104.
Hittisk ‘meet’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
notes
[1] hittisk ‘meet’: This verb applies to all the double subjects of the stanza.
targa ‘Shield’
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targa (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): shield
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
togni ‘drawn’
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toginn (adj./verb p.p.): drawn
hjǫrr ‘sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
hjalmr ‘helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hneitir ‘sword’
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hneitir (noun m.): sword
notes
[3] hneitir ‘sword’: Lit. ‘cutter, striker’. Cf. Þul Sverða 2/7III. As a proper noun, Hneitir was the name of S. Óláfr’s sword; see ESk Geisl 43/1VII and Note to [All].
hlíf ‘shield’
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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
ǫrvar ‘arrows’
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ǫr (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; ǫrvar/ǫrar): arrow
brynja ‘mail-shirt’
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1. brynja (noun f.; °-u (dat. brynnoni Gibb 38⁹); -ur): mailcoat
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
brezka ‘British’
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brezkr (adj.): British
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
brandr ‘sword’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
roðinn ‘red-stained’
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roðinn (adj.): reddened
manns ‘a man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
môttug ‘strong’
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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty
hǫnd ‘hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
meðalkafli ‘a sword-grip’
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meðalkafli (noun m.): sword-hilt
notes
[8] meðalkafli ‘a sword-grip’: Or ‘sword-hilt’. Strictly that part of the sword handle between the two hilt-plates; cf. Þul Sverða 12/6III.
hvítmýlingar ‘white-muzzled arrows’
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hvítmýlingr (noun m.): white-muzzled one
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[9] hvítmýlingar ‘white-muzzled arrows’: Cf. Gísl Magnkv 13/7II and Þul Ǫrvar 1/2III.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hǫlða ‘the breasts’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
brjóst ‘of men’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
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