Luku vág viku,
vara kostr fara
brýns, Bjǫrgynjar,
braut háskrautum.
Luku vág Bjǫrgynjar viku; vara kostr brýns háskrautum fara braut.
They closed the bay of Bergen for a week; there was no possibility for the tall ships to speed away.
[2] vara ‘was not’: One of the first examples of a rhotacised r in the sg. pret. indic. of the verb vesa/vera ‘to be’ (here secured by internal rhyme; see also ESk Lv 1/3 below).
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 |