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ǪrvOdd Lv 18^VIII (Ǫrv 51)/5 — váru ‘were’

⬅︎ 2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

Sjólfr, vartu eigi         Sámseyju í,
þar er við Hjörvarð         höggum skiptum.
Tveir váru vit,         en þeir tólf saman;
sigr hafða ek;         saztu kyrr meðan.

Sjólfr, vartu eigi í Sámseyju, þar er skiptum höggum við Hjörvarð. Váru vit tveir, en þeir tólf saman; ek hafða sigr; saztu kyrr meðan.

Sjólfr, you were not on Samsø, where we exchanged blows with Hjǫrvarðr. We were two, but they [were] twelve together; I had the victory; you stayed quiet in the meanwhile.

readings

[5] váru: várum 343a, 173ˣ

notes

[5] váru vit tveir ‘we were two’: For the loss of final ‑m in váru[m], see Note to Ǫrv 50/1. Oddr refers here to himself and Hjálmarr, who opposed the twelve berserk brothers.

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

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