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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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KrákÁsl Lv 3VIII (Ragn 5)/7 — gengit ‘walked’

Þori ek eigi þann þiggja,
er Þóra hjörtr átti,
serk við silfr um merktan;
sama ælig mér klæði.
Því em ek Kráka kölluð,
í kolsvörtum váðum
at ek hefi grjót um gengit
ok geitr með sjá reknar.

Ek þori eigi þiggja þann serk, um merktan við silfr, er Þóra hjörtr átti; ælig klæði sama mér. Því em ek kölluð Kráka, at ek hefi um gengit grjót í kolsvörtum váðum ok reknar geitr með sjá.

I dare not accept that shift, decked out with silver, which Þóra hjǫrtr (‘Hart’) possessed; wretched garments are suitable for me. I am called Kráka (‘Crow’) because I have walked on stones in coal-black clothes and driven goats by the sea.

notes

[7] ek hefi um gengit grjót ‘I have walked on stones’: Grjót is here the acc. of the terrain covered (cf. NS §96), so the emendation to dat. grjóti adopted by some eds is not necessary.

grammar

Verbs: Strong Verbs

The stem of the subjunctive pl. is i-mutation of the indicative pl..

lúka ‘shut, end’



Indicative Subjunctive


Present Past Present Past

Active voice
sing. 1
2
3
lýk
lýkr
lýkr
lauk
laukt
lauk
lúka
lúkir
lúki
lyka
lykir
lyki
pl. 1
2
3
lúkum
lúkið
lúka
lukum
lukuð
luku
lúkim
lúkið
lúki
lykim
lykið
lyki
infinitive
pres. part.
past part.
lúka
lúkandi
lúkinn, lúkin, lúkit

Middle voice
sing. 1
2
3
lýkumk
lýksk
lýksk
laukumk
laukzk
lauksk
lúkumk
lúkisk
lúkisk
lykumk
lykisk
lykisk
pl. 1
2
3
lúkumk
lúkizk
lúkask
lukumk
lukuzk
lukusk
lúkimk
lúkizk
lúkisk
lykimk
lykizk
lykisk
infinitive
pres. part.
past part.
lúkask
lúkandisk
lúkizk
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