‘Þá munu ór moldu mæla steinar
ok verþjóðar vél upp koma.
Ey mun víðask, en Valir skjalfa,
ok sær saman sœkja fíkjum,
svát millim landa mál of heyri.
‘Þá munu steinar mæla ór moldu ok vél verþjóðar koma upp. Ey mun víðask, en Valir skjalfa, ok sær sœkja saman fíkjum, svát mál of heyri millim landa.
‘Then stones will speak from the earth and the machinations of the sea-people be revealed. The island will be widened, and the French will tremble, and the sea will come together greatly so that speech can be heard between the lands.
[1] munu: mun Hb
[1] munu ‘will’: Emended in Skald, followed by Merl 2012 and the present edn; Bret 1848-9 and Skj B retain the ms. reading mun ‘will’ (sg.). The sg. form is possible, when a composite subject (including both sg. and pl.) follows, but is less likely here.
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- |