‘Honum fulltingir Fenrir sjóvar,
þeims Affríkar útan fylgja.
Verðr kristnibrot of kyni þjóðar;
þó munu sjalfir síðar nøkkvi
enskir lýðir allir skírask.
‘Fenrir sjóvar fulltingir honum, þeims Affríkar fylgja útan. Verðr kristnibrot of kyni þjóðar; þó munu sjalfir enskir lýðir allir skírask nøkkvi síðar.
‘The Fenrir <mythical wolf> of the sea, which Africans follow from overseas, will help it. There will be a breakdown of Christianity among the kindred of the people; yet the English people will themselves all be baptised somewhat later.
Verbs: Preterite-present verbs
The present tense of these verbs is like the past tense of strong verbs, and their past tense is weak.
eiga | mega | kunna | skulu | munu | muna | |||
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indic. pres. | sing. pl. | 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd | á átt á eigum eiguð eigu | má mátt má megum meguð megu | kann kannt kann kunnum kunnuð kunnu | skal skalt skal skulum skuluð skulu | mun munt mun munum munuð munu | man mant man munum munið muna |
indic. past stem subj. pres. stem subj. past stem | átt- eig- ætt- | mátt- meg- mætt- | kunn- kunn- kynn- | skyld- skyl- skyld- | mund- myn- mynd- | mund- mun- mynd- |