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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Bjbp Jóms 20I/2 — væri ‘were’

Ok hǫfðingjar hraustir
heyra menn at væri
— þat hefr þjóð at minnum —
þrír með flokki hverjum,
þar er hreggviðir hittusk
hjálma skóðs á víðum
— fundr þótti sá fyrðum
frægr — Hjǫrungavági.

Ok menn heyra, at þrír hraustir hǫfðingjar væri með hverjum flokki — þjóð hefr þat at minnum —, þar er hjálma skóðs hreggviðir hittusk á víðum Hjǫrungavági; sá fundr þótti frægr fyrðum.

And men hear that three bold chieftains were with each troop — people hold that in memory —, where the trees of the storm of the harm of helmets [(lit. ‘storm-trees of the harm of helmets’) SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIORS] met in wide Liavågen; that meeting seemed famous to men.

readings

[2] væri: váru 61, 53, 54, Bb

notes

[2] væri (3rd pers. pl. pret. subj.) ‘were’: The indic. counterpart váru ‘were’ in the ÓT mss is also possible.

grammar

Irregular verbs: vera (to be)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
1
2
3
1
2
3
em
ert
er
erum
eruð
eru
var
vart
var
várum
váruð
váru

sér

sém
séð
væra
værir
væri
værim
værið
væri
imperative
past part.
ver, verið
verit
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