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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Haustl 2III/7 — vasa ‘was not’

Segjǫndum fló sagna
snótar ulfr at móti
í gemlis ham gǫmlum
glamma ófyrskǫmmu.
Settisk ǫrn, þars æsir
ár-Gefnar mar bôru
vasa byrgitýr bjarga
bleyði vændr — á seyði.

Ulfr snótar fló glamma ófyrskǫmmu at móti segjǫndum sagna í gǫmlum ham gemlis. Ǫrn settisk, þars æsir bôru mar ár-Gefnar á seyði; bjarga byrgitýr vasa vændr bleyði.

The wolf of the woman [= Þjazi] flew noisily no short time ago for a meeting with the commanders of the troops [= Æsir] in the old shape of an eagle. The eagle alighted where the Æsir were putting the horse of fruitfulness-Gefn <= Freyja> [= Gefjun <goddess> > OX] in an earth-oven; the god of the refuge of crags [(lit. ‘refuge-god of crags’) CAVE > GIANT = Þjazi] was not to be accused of cowardice.

readings

[7] vasa: ‘naca’ Tˣ(26r)

grammar

Irregular verbs: vera (to be)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
1
2
3
1
2
3
em
ert
er
erum
eruð
eru
var
vart
var
várum
váruð
váru

sér

sém
séð
væra
værir
væri
værim
værið
væri
imperative
past part.
ver, verið
verit
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