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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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FriðÞ Lv 16VIII (Frið 18)/7 — erat ‘is not’

Ek bar átta         til eldstóar
dæsta drengi         í drifaveðri.
Nú hefi ek segli         á sand komit;
erat hafs megin         hægt at reyna.

Ek bar átta drengi dæsta í drifaveðri til eldstóar. Nú hefi ek komit segli á sand; megin hafs erat hægt at reyna.

I carried eight fellows, exhausted in the storm of sea-spray, to a fireplace. Now I have brought the sail onto the beach; the power of the ocean is not easy to experience.

readings

[7] erat (‘er ad’): so 568ˣ, er eigi 510, er ór 27ˣ, ‘eij er’ papp17ˣ, ei er 109a IIˣ, 1006ˣ, 173ˣ

grammar

Irregular verbs: vera (to be)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
1
2
3
1
2
3
em
ert
er
erum
eruð
eru
var
vart
var
várum
váruð
váru

sér

sém
séð
væra
værir
væri
værim
værið
væri
imperative
past part.
ver, verið
verit
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