Sú mundi víst, ef væri
vörðr föðurjarðar
mætr á mildri snótu,
á mér taka höndum.
Sú mundi víst taka höndum á mér, ef mætr vörðr föðurjarðar væri á mildri snótu.
She would surely put her arms around me, if the noble guardian of the fatherland [KING = Ragnarr] were on top of the gentle maiden.
[1] Sú mundi: ‘Svrvmdí’ 1824b, ‘Drumde’ 762ˣ
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- |