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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Lv 1I/4 — vǫruma ‘we were not’

Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vǫruma þá til margir.

Vér hǫfðum hǫgg í hǫfði at leiki eggja með vitrum vellbrota; þá vǫruma til margir.

We had blows on the head at the sport of edges [BATTLE] with the wise gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN]; then we were not too many.

readings

[4] vǫruma: so , vôrum at F, vôrum vér J1ˣ, J2ˣ, vôrum vér with vǫruma in margin 761bˣ

notes

[4] vǫruma ‘we were not’: Though the root vowel is etymologically long, Kuhn (1936a, 438-9 n. 3) argues that a short vowel is required when the negative suffix -a is added, and he presents evidence for a short alternant.

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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