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.
Segir ‘tells’
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segja (verb): say, tell
Dáníel ‘Daniel’
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Daniel (noun m.)
drauma ‘dreams’
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draumr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): dream
sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
margháttaða ‘diverse’
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margháttaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
merkjum ‘by miracles’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
studda ‘supported’
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2. styðja (verb): protect, support
Kvezk ‘He says’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
drjúglig ‘mighty’
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drjúgligr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -ast-/-st-): °sufficient, substantial, effective
sjá ‘that he sees’
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2. sjá (verb): see
dýr ‘animals’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
jǫrðu ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
tôknuðu ‘signified’
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tákna (verb)
tyggja ‘of kings’
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tyggi (noun m.): prince, sovereign
ríki ‘the realms’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hauðri ‘earth’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
hófusk ‘came into being’
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hefja (verb): lift, start
síðan ‘later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
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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).
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