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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Arn Magndr 19II/3 — vas ‘was’

Ungr skjǫldungr stígr aldri
jafnmildr á við skildan
(þess vas grams) und gǫmlum
(gnóg rausn) Ymis hausi.

Jafnmildr ungr skjǫldungr stígr aldri und gǫmlum hausi Ymis á skildan við; rausn þess grams vas gnóg.

Never beneath the ancient skull of Ymir <giant> [SKY/HEAVEN] will an equally bounteous young king step aboard a shield-hung vessel; the magnificence of that lord was ample.

readings

[3] vas (‘var’): varð U, er B

notes

[3] vas ‘was’: The past tense, in all mss except B (er ‘is’), is an important indicator that the poem was an erfidrápa ‘memorial drápa’.

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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