GunnLeif Merl I 94VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 162 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 94)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 127.
text and translation
Þau eru ǫnnur ljóð upp frá þessum;
†alvisk† eigi auðs berdraugar
— biðk þjóðir þess — við þenna brag,
þó at ek mynt hafa mál at hætti,
þeims spár fyrir spjǫllum rakði
malmþings hvǫtuðr, í mǫrgum stað.
Þau eru ǫnnur ljóð upp frá þessum; {berdraugar auðs} †alvisk† eigi við þenna brag — biðk þjóðir þess —, þó at ek hafa mynt mál í mǫrgum stað at hætti, þeims {hvǫtuðr {malmþings}} rakði fyrir spár spjǫllum.
‘There are other songs following on from these; may bearing logs of wealth [MEN] not … with this poem — this I ask of people —, although I have formed my sayings in many a place after the style in which the whetter of the metal-meeting [BATTLE > WARRIOR = Merlin] recited prophecies in speeches. ’
notes and context
[1-2]: Here Gunnlaugr is referring in anticipation to Merl II (Bret 1848-9, II, 71 n. 8; see Introduction).
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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/26 - 52v/28
imagesÞau eru ǫnnur ljóð
upp frá þessum;
†alvisk† eigi
auðs bendraugar
— biðk þjóðir þess —
við þenna brag,
þó at ek mynt hafa
mál at hætti,
þeims spár fyrir
spjǫllum rakði
malmþings hvǫtuðr,
í mǫrgum stað.Þar erv onnvr lioð | vpp fra þersvm alviz eigi avðs bendravgar bið ek þioðir þers við þenna brag þo at ek mynt hafa mal | að hætti þeim er spár fyrir spioll vm rakti malm þings hvatvðr i morgvm stað ·
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