GunnLeif Merl I 98VIII
Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 166 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá I 98)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 130.
text and translation
Segir Dáníel drauma sína
margháttaða merkjum studda.
Kvezk drjúglig sjá dýr á jǫrðu,
þaus tôknuðu tyggja ríki,
þaus á hauðri hófusk síðan.
Dáníel segir margháttaða drauma sína, studda merkjum. Kvezk sjá drjúglig dýr á jǫrðu, þaus tôknuðu ríki tyggja, þaus hófusk síðan á hauðri.
‘Daniel tells his diverse dreams, supported by miracles. He says that he sees mighty animals on earth that signified the realms of kings that later came into being on earth. ’
notes and context
See Dan. VII.3-12 for evocation of animal figures in a political allegory (cf. Taylor 1911, 25-6). Greatly augmenting the biblical prophet’s substantial reputation, beyond the information contained in Scripture, was the Somniale ascribed to Daniel. This pseudonymous early medieval compilation, consisting of a list of dream-symbols, underlay much dream symbolism in Icelandic literature, both medieval and more recent (Turville-Petre 1972b, 45-6), and incorporated many mentions of animals seen in dreams. Text and translation of an Old English version are included in Liuzza (2011, 80-123).
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/33 - 52v/35
imagesSegir daniel dravma | sina marghattaða merkivm stvdda kvez hann drivglig sia dyr a iorðv þav er taknvðv tiggia | ʀiki þav er a havðri hofvz siþan
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