Þó munu — ef þat er satt, þá ferr illa —
hafa allir alkeypt ár, þá er kemr vár.
Þó allir munu hafa alkeypt ár, þá er kemr vár; ef þat er satt, þá ferr illa.
Still all will have paid very dearly for the year when spring comes; if that is true, then things will turn out badly.
[1] munu: man 2845
[1] munu ‘will’: The ms. reading is man, written m with a clearly discernible superscript n; Hálf 1864, Edd. Min. and FSGJ all emend to munu ‘will’ (3rd pers. pl.), agreeing with allir ‘all’ in l. 3, as does the present edn. Skj B, Skald and Hálf 1909 read mun.
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- |