Hér flýgr hverjan morgin
hress um borgir þessar
(læz heill munu af hungri)
heiðar valr (of deyja).
Hann fari suðr um sanda
ok sé, hvar vér létum
(þar fær hann dauðs manns) dreyra
(dögg) ór skýlihöggum.
Valr heiðar flýgr hér hverjan morgin hress um þessar borgir; heill læz munu of deyja af hungri. Fari hann suðr um sanda ok sé, hvar vér létum dreyra ór skýlihöggum; þar fær hann dögg dauðs manns.
A falcon of the heath [RAVEN/EAGLE] flies here every morning, full of life, around these strongholds; the healthy one says he’ll die of hunger. Let him go south over the sands and let him see where we let blood flow from oblique axe-strokes; there he’ll obtain the dew of a dead man [BLOOD].
[3] læz heill munu: ‘lez hellmvn’ 1824b
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- |