Mun þik snerta Snarvendill fyrr,
en þú á seyði setir konungs arfa.
Handar muntu missa ok hátt æpa;
svá munum skilja, skauð in aumasta.
Snarvendill mun snerta þik fyrr, en þú setir arfa konungs á seyði. Muntu missa handar ok æpa hátt; svá munum skilja, in aumasta skauð.
Snarvendill will touch you before you put the heir of the king [RULER = me, Hjálmþér] on the fire. You will lose your hand and shriek loudly; thus we will part, most wretched cunt.
[7] munum: so papp6ˣ, munu vit 109a IIIˣ, munum vit ÍBR5ˣ
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- |