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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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BjRagn Lv 1VIII (Ragn 7)/5 — vildi ‘was willing’

Upp hrundu vér ópi
(ór bitu meir en þeira)
— satt mun ek til þess segja —
(sverð) í Gnipafirði.
Knátti hverr, er vildi,
fyr Hvítabæ útan
— né sitt spari sveinar
sverð — manns bani verða!

Hrundu vér upp ópi í Gnipafirði; sverð ór bitu meir en þeira; ek mun segja satt til þess. Hverr, er vildi, knátti verða bani manns fyr útan Hvítabæ; né spari sveinar sverð sitt!

We raised a war-cry in Gnipafjǫrðr; our swords had more bite than theirs; I will tell the truth of the matter. Everyone who was willing could slay a man outside Hvítabœr; may the lads not spare their sword!

readings

[5] Knátti hverr er vildi: ‘(kn)ꜳtt(i) h(ver)r er villdi’(?) 147

notes

[5] er vildi ‘who was willing’: All eds apart from those of CPB, FSN, Ragn 1891, and FSGJ emend to at hildi ‘in battle’ here, presumably to ensure full alliteration with the following line.

grammar

Irregular verbs: vilja (to wish)

indic.subj.
pres.pastpres.past
sing.


pl.
1
2
3
1
2
3
vil
vill, vilt
vill
viljum
vilið
vilja
vilda
vildir
vildi
vildum
vilduð
vildu
vilja
vilir
vili
vilim
vilið
vili
vilda
vildir
vildi
vildim
vildið
vildi
pres. part.
past part.
viljandi
viljat
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