Rekr inn dýri Dávíð konungr
margfalda spô, ok mælir svá:
‘Fjǫll munu fagna ok inn fríði skógr,
en skœðar ár skella lófum,
ok dalir ymna dróttni syngja.’
Inn dýri Dávíð konungr rekr margfalda spô, ok mælir svá: ‘Fjǫll ok inn fríði skógr munu fagna, en skœðar ár skella lófum, ok dalir syngja ymna dróttni.’
The noble King David utters manifold prophecy and speaks thus: ‘The mountains and the fair forest will rejoice, and dangerous rivers clap their hands and the valleys sing hymns to the Lord.’
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- |