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Þorm Lv 25^I l. 8

vættik — I expect

lemma:

vætta (verb): expect

readings:

[8] vættik (‘ec vætti’): ek mætti 972ˣ, ek veitti Holm4, ek ætla Flat, ek vænti DG8, eg vætta papp4ˣ

notes:

[8] es vættik ‘I expect’: Lit. ‘as I expect’. Gaertner (1907, 348) suggests that the meaning may be ‘I hope’, given that Þormóðr did not want to outlive Óláfr.

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