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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ǪrvOdd Ævdr 41VIII (Ǫrv 111)/1 — Vara ‘It was not’

Vara, sem brynja         eða bláir hringar
ísköld um mik         áðan felli,
þá er of síður         silkiskyrta,
gulli saumuð,         gekk fastofin.

Vara, sem brynja eða bláir hringar felli ísköld um mik áðan, þá er silkiskyrta, saumuð gulli, gekk fastofin of síður.

It was not like when a mail-coat or dark mailrings fell ice-cold around me previously, when the silken shirt, sewn with gold, went firmly woven about my sides.

readings

[1] Vara: varat 567IV, 343a(66r), 471(71v), 471(95r), var 343a(81r), 173ˣ(31v), 173ˣ(63rb)

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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