Því munk orði andsvör veita:
þeir munu í aptan Óðin gista,
tólf berserkir, en vit tveir lifa.
Munk veita andsvör því orði: þeir munu gista Óðin í aptan, tólf berserkir, en vit tveir lifa.
I will give answer to that speech: they will have lodging with Óðinn this evening, the twelve berserks, but we two will live.
[1] Því munk orði: so R715ˣ, því mun orði 2845, ‘Ansa mun eg’ corrected from ‘Ern suo en ek þiat einu’ in a later hand, with all but the last word crossed through 344a
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- |