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Anon (LaufE) 7^III/3 — era ‘did not’

Anon (LaufE) 7^III

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

Vát*r kom víst at rétta
vallfinnandi linna
— mærð era mjúklig orðin
mín — Víðblinda svíni.

Vát*r linna vallfinnandi kom víst at rétta svíni Víðblinda; mærð mín era orðin mjúklig.

The wet bestower of the field of serpents [(lit. ‘field-bestower of serpents’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] certainly came to hunt the swine of Víðblindi <giant> [WHALE]; my praise did not become smooth.

readings

[3] era: er á all

notes

[3] era orðin mjúklig ‘did not become smooth’: This refers to poetry that was metrically irregular or awkward-sounding (see SnE 2007, 28).

grammar

Irregular verbs: vera (to be)

		indic.		subj.
		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

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