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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Arn Þorfdr 16II/4 — koma ‘come’

Enn vas, sús Engla minnir,
egghríð, né mun síðan
hôr við helming meira
hringdrífr koma þingat.
Bitu sverð, en þar þurði,
þunngǫr, fyr Mǫn sunnan
Rǫgnvalds kind, und randir
ramlig folk, ins gamla.

Enn vas egghríð, sús Engla minnir, né mun hôr hringdrífr síðan koma þingat við meira helming. Þunngǫr sverð bitu ramlig folk und randir, en kind Rǫgnvalds ins gamla þurði þar fyr sunnan Mǫn.

Then came the edge-blizzard [BATTLE] which the English remember, and never after will a lofty ring-strewer [GENEROUS RULER] come there with a larger force. Slender-wrought swords bit the mighty troops beneath their shields, and the descendant of Rǫgnvaldr inn gamli (‘the Old’) [= Þorfinnr] rushed forth there south of Man.

readings

[4] koma: ‘komid’ R702ˣ, komit Flat

notes

[2, 4] né mun síðan … koma ‘and never after will … come’: Mss ‘komid/komit’ is syntactically unsatisfactory and could well be due to a misreading. The emendation to koma was favoured by Kock (NN §832) and Finnbogi Guðmundsson (ÍF 34, 61).

grammar

Verbs: Strong Verbs

The stem of the subjunctive pl. is i-mutation of the indicative pl..

lúka ‘shut, end’



Indicative Subjunctive


Present Past Present Past

Active voice
sing. 1
2
3
lýk
lýkr
lýkr
lauk
laukt
lauk
lúka
lúkir
lúki
lyka
lykir
lyki
pl. 1
2
3
lúkum
lúkið
lúka
lukum
lukuð
luku
lúkim
lúkið
lúki
lykim
lykið
lyki
infinitive
pres. part.
past part.
lúka
lúkandi
lúkinn, lúkin, lúkit

Middle voice
sing. 1
2
3
lýkumk
lýksk
lýksk
laukumk
laukzk
lauksk
lúkumk
lúkisk
lúkisk
lykumk
lykisk
lykisk
pl. 1
2
3
lúkumk
lúkizk
lúkask
lukumk
lukuzk
lukusk
lúkimk
lúkizk
lúkisk
lykimk
lykizk
lykisk
infinitive
pres. part.
past part.
lúkask
lúkandisk
lúkizk
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