‘Nú tekr elli að mier sækja;
má eg alls ekki á mig treysta:
farinn fráleikur, fitskór troðnir,
tenn sljófgaðar en toppr ór enni.
‘Nú tekr elli sækja að mier; eg má alls ekki treysta á mig: fráleikur farinn, fitskór troðnir, tenn sljófgaðar en toppr ór enni.
‘Now old age begins to attack me; I cannot trust in myself at all: swiftness gone, skin-shoes downtrodden, teeth dulled and the tuft [fallen] from my forehead.
[5] farinn: farinn er Rask87ˣ
[5] farinn ‘gone’: Rask87ˣ adds er ‘is’. This appears to be a later addition since the finite verbs are omitted with the past participles in ll. 6-7 as well.
Verbs: Strong Verbs
The stem of the subjunctive pl. is i-mutation of the indicative pl..
lúka ‘shut, end’
Indicative | Subjunctive | ||||
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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 |