GunnLeif Merl I 88VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 156 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 88)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 122.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
dǫgum ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
harðla ‘fiercely’
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harðla (adv.): very, highly, greatly
brenna ‘will burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
ófs ‘exceedingly’
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ófs (adv.): excessively
rammligar ‘mighty’
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rammligr (adj.): strong
eikr ‘oaks’
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eik (noun f.; °eikr/eikar; eikr): oak
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
skógum ‘the forests’
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skógr (noun m.; °-ar/-s, dat. -i; -ar): forest
Enn ‘Once more’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lítlum ‘the slender’
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lítill (adj.; °lítinn): little
lindar ‘of the lime-tree’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
kvistum ‘twigs’
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kvistr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ir, acc. -i/-u): twig, branch
vex ‘will grow’
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vaxa (verb): grow, increase
ǫrliga ‘rapidly’
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ǫrliga (adv.)
akarn ‘an acorn’
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akarn (noun n.): [acorns, acorn]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
lundi ‘the grove’
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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree
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Cf. DGB 116 (Reeve and Wright 2007, 151.140-1; cf. Wright 1988, 107, prophecy 30): In diebus illis ardebunt quercus per nemora et in ramis tiliarum nascentur glandes ‘In those days oak trees will burn in the forests and acorns will grow on the branches of lindens’ (cf. Reeve and Wright 2007, 150).
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