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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 1VIII (Heiðr 48)/1 — vildak ‘I would wish’

Hafa vildak þat,         er ek hafða í gær;
        vittu, hvat þat var:
lýða lemill,         orða tefill,
        ok orða upphefill.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Vildak hafa þat, er ek hafða í gær; vittu, hvat þat var: lemill lýða, tefill orða, ok upphefill orða. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

I would wish to have what I had yesterday; find out what that was: crippler of people, hinderer of words, and instigator of words. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

readings

[1] vildak: so 2845, ek þat vilda Hb, 597bˣ, ek þat vilda corrected from ek þat vildu 281ˣ, mundak 203ˣ, vil ek dag þat R715ˣ

grammar

Irregular verbs: vilja (to wish)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
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2
3
1
2
3
vil
vill, vilt
vill
viljum
vilið
vilja
vilda
vildir
vildi
vildum
vilduð
vildu
vilja
vilir
vili
vilim
vilið
vili
vilda
vildir
vildi
vildim
vildið
vildi
pres. part.
past part.
viljandi
viljat
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