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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.10

var ‘was’

3rd pers. pres. pl.

2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

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sǫgðu ‘said’

3rd pers. pret. pl.

segja (verb): say, tell

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Komsk ‘was put’

3rd pers. pret. sg. middle

koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

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ǫll ‘all’

nom. n. pl.

allr (adj.): all

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sannindi ‘the truth’

nom. pl.

2. sannendi (noun n.): truth

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sagði ‘said’

3rd pers. pret. sg.

segja (verb): say, tell

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skyldi ‘should be’

subj. 3rd pers. pret. pl.

skulu (verb): shall, should, must

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skyldi ‘they should’

subj. 3rd pers. pret. pl.

skulu (verb): shall, should, must

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manninn ‘the man’

acc. sg. definite form;

maðr (noun m.): man, person

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‘Því var næsta,’ sǫgðu þeir.
Komsk þá fyrir Hrólf konung ǫll sannindi hér um. Hrólfr konungr sagði þat skyldi fjarri, at drepa skyldi manninn.

34.9Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-3534.11

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