GunnLeif Merl I 25VIII/1 — Fersk ‘is brought’
‘Fersk undir hann foldu grœnni
ok eyja fjǫlð í úthafi,
Íra ok Engla ok Út-Skota,
víðum lǫndum valskra þjóða,
Nóregs síðu ok Norðr-Dana.
‘Fersk undir hann grœnni foldu ok fjǫlð eyja í úthafi, Íra ok Engla ok Út-Skota, víðum lǫndum valskra þjóða, síðu Nóregs ok Norðr-Dana.
‘Under him is brought the green land and a multitude of islands in the outer ocean, of the Irish and the English and the outlying Scots, extensive territories of the French people, the coast of Norway and [lands] of the northern Danes.
notes
[1] fersk ‘is brought’: This verb governs the dat. case of grœnni foldu ‘the green land’ (l. 2), fjǫlð ‘a multitude’ (l. 3), víðum lǫndum ‘extensive territories’ (l. 5) and síðu ‘the coast’ (l. 9). The concatenation of gen. pl. nouns makes it difficult to determine which of these territories are assigned to which peoples.
grammar
Verbs: Strong Verbs
The stem of the subjunctive pl. is i-mutation of the indicative pl..
lúka ‘shut, end’
| Indicative | Subjunctive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Past | Present | Past | ||
| Active voice | |||||
| sing. | 1 2 3 | lýk lýkr lýkr | lauk laukt lauk | lúka lúkir lúki | lyka lykir lyki |
| pl. | 1 2 3 | lúkum lúkið lúka | lukum lukuð luku | lúkim lúkið lúki | lykim lykið lyki |
| infinitive pres. part. past part. | lúka lúkandi lúkinn, lúkin, lúkit | ||||
| Middle voice | |||||
| sing. | 1 2 3 | lýkumk lýksk lýksk | laukumk laukzk lauksk | lúkumk lúkisk lúkisk | lykumk lykisk lykisk |
| pl. | 1 2 3 | lúkumk lúkizk lúkask | lukumk lukuzk lukusk | lúkimk lúkizk lúkisk | lykimk lykizk lykisk |
| infinitive pres. part. past part. | lúkask lúkandisk lúkizk | ||||