Þrándr Kredda 1I/1 — Gangat ‘do not go’
Gangat ek einn út;
fjórir mér fylgja fimm goðs englar.
Berk bœn fyr mér, bœn fyr Kristi;
syng ek salma sjau; séi goð hluta minn.
Ek gangat út einn; fjórir, fimm englar goðs fylgja mér. Berk bœn fyr mér, bœn fyr Kristi; ek syng sjau salma; goð séi hluta minn.
I do not go out alone; four, five angels of God accompany me. I speak a prayer for myself, a prayer before Christ; I sing seven psalms; may God watch over my lot.
notes
[1] gangat ‘I do not go’: The form contains the negative suffix ‑at, but, unusually, lacks an explicit (e)k ‘I’ (as observed by Foote 1969a, 361). Kock (NN §3064) drew attention to the non-standard form of the verb ganga here, believing it to be a weak form. Foote, however, is sceptical about this. He considers the possibility of a rare optative (subj.) form (ibid., 361-2, citing NS §182(a)), but ultimately inclines to see gangat as a Faroese form *gang- (ibid., 362-3).
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 | ||||