Maðr skyldi þó, moldar,
megja hverr of þegja,
kenniseiðs þótt kunni
kleppdǫgg Hôars lǫggvar.
Hverr maðr skyldi þó megja of þegja, þótt kunni kleppdǫgg lǫggvar Hôars kenniseiðs moldar.
Yet each man ought to be able to remain silent, even though he knows the lump-dew of Hárr’s <= Óðinn’s> cask-rim [VAT > BAD POETRY] of the testing coalfish of the earth [SNAKE = Ormr (ormr ‘snake’)].
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 | |||
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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- |