Herv Lv 10VIII (Heiðr 27)/1 — eruð ‘you’
Mjök eruð orðnir, Arngríms synir,
megir meingjarnir at moldarauka,
er engi skal sona Eyfuru
við mik mæla í Munarvági.
Synir Arngríms, meingjarnir megir, eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka, er engi sona Eyfuru skal mæla við mik í Munarvági.
Sons of Arngrímr, kinsmen keen on harm, you have greatly become the increase of the earth, since none of the sons of Eyfura will speak with me in Munarvágr.
readings
[1] eruð: eru 2845
notes
[1] eruð ‘you are’: The reading of Hb, and that chosen here and by other eds, has Hervǫr apostrophise the sons of Arngrímr. The reading of the other mss, eru ‘they are’, has her speak about them in the 3rd pers. — [1, 4] eruð mjök orðnir at moldarauka ‘you have greatly become the increase of the earth’: I.e. ‘your bodies have greatly rotted away’.
grammar
Irregular verbs: vera (to be)
| indic. | subj. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pres. | past | pres. | past | ||
| sing. pl. | 1 2 3 1 2 3 | em ert er erum eruð eru | var vart var várum váruð váru | sé sér sé sém séð sé | væra værir væri værim værið væri |
| imperative past part. | ver, verið verit | ||||