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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §35.3

Allir ‘Everyone’

nom. m. pl.

allr (adj.): all

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heita ‘promised’

3rd pers. pres. pl.

2. heita (verb): be called, promise

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góðu ‘faithfully’

góðr (adj.): good

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gøra ‘do’

infinitive;

1. gera (verb): do, make

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Bǫðvarr ‘Bǫðvarr’

nom.

Bǫðvarr (noun m.): Bǫðvarr

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leynisk ‘stole himself’

3rd pers. pres. sg. middle

1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal

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nóttina ‘the night’

acc. sg. definite form;

nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night

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lætr ‘had’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

láta (verb): let, have sth done

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gørði ‘did’

3rd pers. pret. sg.

1. gera (verb): do, make

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kallar ‘said’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

kalla (verb): call

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stýrt ‘steered’

pret. participle;

stýra (verb): steer, control

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Bǫðvarr ‘Bǫðvarr’

nom.

Bǫðvarr (noun m.): Bǫðvarr

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segir ‘says’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

segja (verb): say, tell

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muni ‘it would’

subj. 3rd pers. pres. sg.

munu (verb): will, must

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takast ‘turn out’

3rd pers. pres. pl. middle

2. taka (verb): take

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hǫllinni ‘the hall’

dat. sg. definite form;

1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall

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verðr ‘ends up’

3rd pers. pres. sg.

1. verða (verb): become, be

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Bǫðvarr ‘Bǫðvarr’

nom.

Bǫðvarr (noun m.): Bǫðvarr

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er ‘is’

3rd pers. pres. sg. middle

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

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hræddr ‘afraid’

nom. m. sg.

1. hræddr (adj.): afraid

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Allir heita hér góðu um at gøra eptir því, sem konungr bauð.
Bǫðvarr leynisk í burt um nóttina. Hann lætr Hǫtt fara með sér, ok gørði hann þat nauðugr ok kallar sér stýrt í bana. Bǫðvarr segir, at betr muni til takast. Þeir ganga í burt frá hǫllinni, ok verðr Bǫðvarr at bera Hǫtt, svá er hann hræddr.

35.2Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-3535.4

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