Skal ek eitrfáa orma telja:
óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra,
fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri,
fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
Ek skal telja eitrfáa orma: óinn ok Ófnir, œlir, japra, fúrr, flugdreki, Fáfnir, óri, fræningr ok áll, feginn ok ornir.
I shall enumerate venomous serpents: fearful one and Ófnir, feeder, japra, fire, flying dragon, Fáfnir, raver, flashing one and eel, cheerful one and one warming itself.
[1] Skal: ‘[…]kal’ B, Skal 744ˣ
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- |