Alla mundak Eysteins liða
sverði beita at sömu hófi,
ef ek mér þarfir þess verks sæi,
eða ilt með oss áðr um væri.
Mundak beita alla liða Eysteins sverði at sömu hófi, ef ek sæi mér þarfir þess verks, eða um væri ilt með oss áðr.
I would strike all the followers of Eysteinn with a sword in the same way, if I saw need for such an action or there had been hostility between us before.
[1] mundak ‘I would’: The ms. has the uncliticised munda ek, which makes the line unmetrical. The cliticised form has therefore been restored here.
Verbs: Preterite-present verbs
The present tense of these verbs is like the past tense of strong verbs, and their past tense is weak.
eiga | mega | kunna | skulu | munu | muna | |||
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indic. pres. | sing. pl. | 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd | á átt á eigum eiguð eigu | má mátt má megum meguð megu | kann kannt kann kunnum kunnuð kunnu | skal skalt skal skulum skuluð skulu | mun munt mun munum munuð munu | man mant man munum munið muna |
indic. past stem subj. pres. stem subj. past stem | átt- eig- ætt- | mátt- meg- mætt- | kunn- kunn- kynn- | skyld- skyl- skyld- | mund- myn- mynd- | mund- mun- mynd- |