‘En hraustir brœðr hugga galta;
kveðask sár munu sjalfir grœða.
“Fara skulum báðir fótar at leita
hlustar ok hala þér; hér bíð þú, galti!”
‘En hraustir brœðr hugga galta; kveðask sjalfir munu grœða sár. “Skulum báðir fara at leita fótar hlustar ok hala þér; hér bíð þú, galti!”
‘But the brave brothers will comfort the boar; they will say they themselves will heal its wounds. “We will both go to find your foot, ear, and tail; you wait here, boar!”
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- |