Sturl Hrafn 9II/1 — Gengu ‘went’
Gengu geðstrangir
gætis vegmæta
sárs of Sátíri
sunnan logrunnar.
Söddu svartklædda
sóknar dynhróka
bragnar byrgegnir
brands á Skotlandi.
Geðstrangir sárs logrunnar gætis vegmæta gengu sunnan of Sátíri. Bragnar, brands byrgegnir, söddu svartklædda dynhróka sóknar á Skotlandi.
The mind-strong bushes of the wound’s flame [(lit. ‘flame-bushes of the wound’) SWORD > WARRIORS] of the keeper of glorious treasures [KING] went from the south across Kintyre. The men, reliable in the fair wind of the sword [(lit. ‘fair-wind reliable of the sword’) BATTLE], sated black-coated din-cormorants of battle [RAVENS] in Scotland.
grammar
Verbs: Strong Verbs
The stem of the subjunctive pl. is i-mutation of the indicative pl..
lúka ‘shut, end’
| Indicative | Subjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Past | Present | Past | ||
| Active voice | |||||
| sing. | 1 2 3 | lýk lýkr lýkr | lauk laukt lauk | lúka lúkir lúki | lyka lykir lyki |
| pl. | 1 2 3 | lúkum lúkið lúka | lukum lukuð luku | lúkim lúkið lúki | lykim lykið lyki |
| infinitive pres. part. past part. | lúka lúkandi lúkinn, lúkin, lúkit | ||||
| Middle voice | |||||
| sing. | 1 2 3 | lýkumk lýksk lýksk | laukumk laukzk lauksk | lúkumk lúkisk lúkisk | lykumk lykisk lykisk |
| pl. | 1 2 3 | lúkumk lúkizk lúkask | lukumk lukuzk lukusk | lúkimk lúkizk lúkisk | lykimk lykizk lykisk |
| infinitive pres. part. past part. | lúkask lúkandisk lúkizk | ||||