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Anon Mv III 28^VII l. 5

má — is powerful

lemma:

mega (verb): may, might

readings:

notes:

[5, 6] má ... láttu (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.; imp. sg.) ‘is powerful ... let’: The present edn follows Wrightson. Skj B and Skald emend to máttu láta ‘you must let’ and treat skýrust ‘brightest one’ as a form of address.

kennings:

grammar:

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
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-