GunnLeif Merl I 93VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 161 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 93)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 126.
text and translation
Hér munk létta ljóð at semja
ok spásǫgu spillis bauga.
Þó eru fleiri orð ins fróða manns;
hefk sumt af þeim samit í kvæði.
Hér munk létta at semja ljóð ok spásǫgu {spillis bauga}. Þó eru fleiri orð ins fróða manns; hefk samit sumt af þeim í kvæði.
‘Here I will leave off composing the song and the prophetic tale of the destroyer of rings [GENEROUS MAN = Merlin]. Yet there are more words of the wise man; I have arranged some of them in a poem. ’
notes and context
At this point Gunnlaugr suspends his rendering of the Prophecies. For the significance of this and the following stanza, see the Introduction.
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 544 4° (Hb) — 52v/25 - 52v/26
imagesher mvn ek letta lioð at semia ok spasogv spillis bavga · | þo erv fleiri orð ens froða mannz hefi ek svmt af þeim samit i kvæði
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