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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞjóðA Sex 2II/1 —  ‘can’

Tøgu tekna segja
(tandrauðs) á Serklandi
(ungr hætti sér) átta
(ormtorgs hǫtuðr) borga,
áðr herskorðuðr harðan
Hildar leik und skildi
Serkjum hættr í sléttri
Sikileyju gekk heyja.

segja átta tøgu borga tekna á Serklandi—ungr hǫtuðr tandrauðs ormtorgs hætti sér—, áðr herskorðuðr, hættr Serkjum, gekk heyja harðan leik Hildar und skildi í sléttri Sikileyju.

One can say that eighty strongholds were captured in the land of the Saracens (Serkland)—the young hater of the flame-red dragon-square [GOLD > RULER] put himself in danger—, before the troop-supporter [WARRIOR], dangerous to the Saracens (Serkir), advanced to wage the harsh sport of Hildr <valkyrie> [BATTLE] behind his shield in level Sicily.

readings

[1] má: so 39, F, H, Hr, Flat, mátt , papp18ˣ, J2ˣ, FskAˣ, ‘mat’ E, FskBˣ

notes

[1] ‘one can’: The alternative 2nd pers. sg. reading mátt ‘you can’ is less credible in the absence of an addressee.

grammar

Verbs: Preterite-present verbs

The present tense of these verbs is like the past tense of strong verbs, and their past tense is weak.

eigamegakunnaskulumunumuna
indic.
pres.
sing.


pl.
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
á
átt
á
eigum
eiguð
eigu

mátt

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-
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