Harri fekk í hverri
Hjaltlands þrumu branda
— greppr vill grams dýrð yppa —
gagn, sás hæstr vas bragna.
Harri Hjaltlands, sás vas hæstr bragna, fekk gagn í hverri þrumu branda; greppr vill yppa dýrð grams.
The lord of Shetland [= Þorfinnr], he who was highest of heroes, won victory in every thunderclap of swords [BATTLE]; the poet wishes to extol the worth of the ruler.
[4] vas (‘var’): so 744ˣ, er R, Tˣ, C
[4] vas ‘was’: The pres. tense reading er (so R, Tˣ, C) in ‘he who is highest of heroes’ does not match the pret. fekk ‘won, gained’ in l. 1, or the context of a memorial poem.
Irregular verbs: vera (to be)
indic. | subj. | ||||
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pres. | past | pres. | past | ||
sing. pl. | 1 2 3 1 2 3 | em ert er erum eruð eru | var vart var várum váruð váru | sé sér sé sém séð sé | væra værir væri værim værið væri |
imperative past part. | ver, verið verit |