Synðir því valda, at vér hryggvir förum
ægisheimi ór;
engi óttaz, nema ilt geri;
gótt er vammalausum vera.
Synðir valda því, at vér förum hryggvir ór ægisheimi; engi óttaz, nema ilt geri; gótt er vera vammalausum.
Sins cause this, that sorrowful we journey out of the terrible world; no-one is afraid, unless he does wrong; it is good to be without stains.
[6] vera: at vera 214ˣ
[6] vammalausum vera ‘to be without stains’, lit. ‘[it is good] for the stainless ones to exist’: Cf. Sigrdr 22/3: vammalauss verir ‘be without stains’; Hsv 3/3: vammalauss lífa ‘to live without stains’, and more distantly, Hávm 68; Rom. XIII.4.
Irregular verbs: vera (to be)
indic. | subj. | ||||
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pres. | past | pres. | past | ||
sing. pl. | 1 2 3 1 2 3 | em ert er erum eruð eru | var vart var várum váruð váru | sé sér sé sém séð sé | væra værir væri værim værið væri |
imperative past part. | ver, verið verit |