Mærð vilk auka
Mistar lauka
góma sverði
grundar skerði.
Dýrð skal segja
— drótt má þegja —
styrjar glóða
støkkvi-Móða.
Vilk auka mærð skerði grundar lauka Mistar sverði góma. Skal segja dýrð støkkvi-Móða glóða styrjar; drótt má þegja.
I wish to increase the praise for the notcher of the ground of Mist’s <valkyrie’s> leeks [SWORDS > SHIELD > WARRIOR] with my sword of the gums [TONGUE]. I shall recount the glory of the scattering Móði <god> of embers of strife [SWORDS > WARRIOR]; the court must be silent.
[6] drótt má þegja ‘the court must be silent’: Again, this seems to imply that Snorri had intended to recite the poem himself at the Norwegian court (see Note to st. 81/8).
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- |