Ungr sveinn drap uxa fyrir mér;
þetta eru banvæn býsn.
Mun ek aldri eiga síðan
jafngóðan grip,
þó ek gamall verða.
Ungr sveinn drap uxa fyrir mér; þetta eru banvæn býsn. Ek mun aldri síðan eiga jafngóðan grip, þó ek verða gamall.
The young boy has killed the ox I own; this is a deadly portent. I shall never afterwards own an equally fine treasure, though I grow old.
[7] verða: verði all
[7] verða ‘grow’: Normalised from all mss’ verði, which already shows the falling together in verði of the 1st pers. sg. and 3rd pers. sg. pres. subj., as in Modern Icelandic (cf. ANG §536.1; Stefán Karlsson 2004, 29).