GunnLeif Merl I 30VIII/8 — Menelógía ‘Menelogia’
‘Líðr byskups stóll Lundúnum ór
í ina breiðu borg Kantara.
Ok langa tígn Légíónum
taka mun in mæta Menelógía.
‘Stóll byskups líðr ór Lundúnum í ina breiðu Kantaraborg. Ok in mæta Menelógía mun taka langa tígn Légíónum.
‘The bishop’s seat will move from London to the broad Canterbury. And the splendid Menelogia will take over the long-held distinction of Caerleon.
notes
[8] Menelógía ‘Menelogia’: In the form menologion, pl. menologia this is a term for a Greek Orthodox calendar of saints’ lives (OED: menologion), but here evidently used in error for the perhaps unfamiliar p. n. Menevia, ‘St Davids’. The error is unlikely to be Gunnlaugr’s, given the general high level of his Latinity. As the reading is unrefreshed it can be added to the list of probable errors already present in Hb. Bret 1848-9 emends to Menevia accordingly but Skj B retains, as do Merl 2012 and the present edn. (LP, presumably in error also, records the Latin name as Menovia.)