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.
Hér ‘Here’
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hér (adv.): here
munk ‘I will’
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munu (verb): will, must
létta ‘leave’
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létta (verb): to relieve, lighten
ljóð ‘the song’
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ljóð (noun n.; °; -): poem
at ‘off’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
semja ‘composing’
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2. semja (verb): befit
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
spásǫgu ‘the prophetic tale’
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spásaga (noun f.)
spillis ‘of the destroyer’
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2. spillir (noun m.): destroyer
kennings
spillis bauga.‘of the destroyer of rings. ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
the destroyer of rings. → GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
bauga ‘of rings’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring
kennings
spillis bauga.‘of the destroyer of rings. ’
= GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
the destroyer of rings. → GENEROUS MAN = Merlin
Þó ‘Yet’
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þó (adv.): though
eru ‘there are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fleiri ‘more’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
ins ‘of the’
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2. inn (art.): the
fróða ‘wise’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise
manns ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hefk ‘I have’
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hafa (verb): have
sumt ‘some’
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2. sumr (pron.): some
af ‘of ’
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af (prep.): from
þeim ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
samit ‘arranged’
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2. sama (verb): befit
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
kvæði ‘a poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
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At this point Gunnlaugr suspends his rendering of the Prophecies. For the significance of this and the following stanza, see the Introduction.
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