Tvær mank hilmi hýrum
heimsvistir ótvistar;
hlautk ásamt at sitja
seimgildi fémildum.
Fúss gaf fylkir hnossir
fleinstýri margdýrar;
hollr vas hersa stilli
hoddspennir fjǫlmennum.
Mank hýrum hilmi tvær ótvistar heimsvistir; hlautk at sitja ásamt fémildum seimgildi. Fylkir gaf fúss fleinstýri margdýrar hnossir; hoddspennir vas hollr stilli hersa fjǫlmennum.
I remember the cheerful prince for two not unpleasant home-visits; I got to sit together with the generous gold-increaser [GENEROUS MAN = Hákon]. The leader gave, eager, most precious treasures to the spear-controller [WARRIOR = Snorri]; the hoard-spender [GENEROUS MAN = Snorri] was loyal to the lord of hersar [RULER], strong in number.
[1] mank (‘man ec’): mun ek U(47r)
[1] mank ‘I remember’: Muna e-m e-t has the sense ‘remember sby for sth. so that one can give sth. in return’ (see Heggstad et al. 2008: muna). See also st. 95/1, 4 below.
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- |