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Hfr ErfÓl 27^I/1 — mun ‘will’

Fyrr mun heimr ok himnar,
hugreifum Ôleifi,
— hann vas mennskra manna
mest gótt — í tvau bresta,
áðr an glíkr at góðu
gœðingr muni fœðask;
kœns hafi Kristr inn hreini
konungs ǫnd ofar lǫndum.

Heimr ok himnar mun fyrr bresta í tvau, áðr an gœðingr glíkr hugreifum Ôleifi at góðu muni fœðask; hann vas mest gótt mennskra manna; hafi Kristr inn hreini ǫnd kœns konungs ofar lǫndum.

Earth and heavens will sooner split in two before a chieftain equal to glad-hearted Óláfr in goodness might be born; he was the greatest good among human beings; may the pure Christ keep the soul of the wise king high above the lands.

notes

[1] mun ‘will’: As frequently, a sg. verb has a cpd subject (heimr ok himnar ‘earth and heavens’); cf., e.g., Þorm Lv 22/3, and see NS §70a. — [1, 4] heimr ok himnar mun fyrr bresta í tvau ‘earth and heavens will sooner split in two’: Further examples of adynaton or impossibilia appear both in skaldic poetry (e.g. Eyv Hák 20, 21; ÞKolb Eirdr 8/7-8; KormǪ Lv 18^V, 33^V, 42^V (Korm 19, 52, 61); Arn Þorfdr 24^II; SnSt Ht 102^III) and in eddic poetry (Vsp 57), as well as on the C11th memorial runestone at Skarpåker (SRdb Sö 154): Iarð skal rifna ok upphiminn ‘the earth and sky shall be riven’; see Heusler (1923, 181), Einar Ól. Sveinsson (1966-9, 43-51), Lönnroth (1981, 319-21), and Fidjestøl (1982, 190-3) for discussion. Arn Þorfdr 24^II is clearly influenced by Hallfreðr.

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.

			eiga	mega	kunna	skulu	munu	muna
indic. pres.	sing. pl.	1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd	á átt á eigum eiguð eigu	má mátt má 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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