‘Heill þú nú, Eirekr *; vel skalt þú hér kominn,
ok gakk í hǫll horskr.
Hins vil ek þik fregna: hvat fylgir þér
jǫfra frá eggþrimu?’
‘Heill þú nú, Eirekr *; þú skalt hér vel kominn, ok gakk horskr í hǫll. Hins vil ek fregna þik: hvat jǫfra fylgir þér frá eggþrimu?’
‘Good fortune to you now, Eiríkr; you will be welcome here, and go, wise, into the hall. One thing I want to ask you: what princes accompany you from the edge-thunder [BATTLE]?’
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 | |||
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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- |