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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Framarr Lv 2VIII (Ket 35)/5 — ertu ‘You are’

Veifir þú vængjum;         vápnum mun ek þér heita;
vafrar þú nú, víðflögull,         sem vitir mik feigan.
Villr ertu, vígstari;         vit munum sigr hafa;
hverf þú at Hængi;         hann skal nú deyja.

Þú veifir vængjum; ek mun heita þér vápnum; þú vafrar nú, víðflögull, sem vitir mik feigan. Ertu villr, vígstari; vit munum hafa sigr; hverf þú at Hængi; hann skal nú deyja.

You flap your wings; I will promise you weapons; you hover about now, wide-flying one <eagle>, as if you knew me [to be] doomed. You are confused, slaughter-starling [RAVEN/EAGLE]; we two will have the victory; turn to Hœngr (‘Salmon’), he must now die.

readings

[5] ertu: ‘Ertt þu’ 471

grammar

Irregular verbs: vera (to be)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
1
2
3
1
2
3
em
ert
er
erum
eruð
eru
var
vart
var
várum
váruð
váru

sér

sém
séð
væra
værir
væri
værim
værið
væri
imperative
past part.
ver, verið
verit
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