Mundit efst, þars undir
árflogni gafk sárar,
Hlǫkk í hundraðsflokki
hvítinga mik líta.
Hlǫkk hvítinga mundit líta mik efst í hundraðsflokki, þars gafk árflogni sárar undir.
The Hlǫkk <valkyrie> of drinking-horns [WOMAN] would not see me rearmost in a force of a hundred, where I offered severe wounds to the raven.
[1] Mundit: Myndit Tˣ, Mundi U, ‘My᷎nd[…]’ B, ‘Mýnd . .’ 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- |