[2] segir (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘says’: Sagði (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘said’ (Rask87ˣ) is less preferable from a metrical point of view, and the pres. tense of segja ‘say’ is used elsewhere in this conversation (i.e. sts 5/1, 12/2, 13/2, 14/2).