Vas með víg …
… kunni;
ǫrn kom at ylgjar brunni
….
Beit ór hauka hlunni
hjalms …
œgði orma grunni;
ulfs kom …
Vas með víg … kunni; ǫrn kom at brunni ylgjar … Beit ór hlunni hauka hjalms … ; œgði grunni orma; kom ulfs …
Was with battle … knew; the eagle came to the spring of the she-wolf [BLOOD] … Bit from the prop of the hawk [HAND] the helmet’s … ; he terrorised the shallows of serpents [GOLD]; came the wolf’s …
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- |