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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Kálf Kátr 42VII/7 — skal ‘shall’

‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta’,
Þundr mælti svá orma grundar,
‘pella brík, ei píslir stækar
pálmar hneitis þier um veiti’.
‘Vielamaðr’, kvað veiti*selja
víns, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum;
aldri skal eg nú yðru veldi
unna; dýrka eg hilmi sunnu’.

‘Neittu eigi að þiggja þetta, brík pella’, svá mælti Þundr grundar orma, ‘ pálmar hneitis um veiti þier ei stækar píslir’. ‘Vielamaðr’, kvað veiti*selja víns, ‘frestaðu ei dauða mínum; eg skal nú aldri unna yðru veldi; eg dýrka hilmi sunnu’.

’Do not refuse to accept this, screen of velvet [WOMAN]’, thus spoke the Þundr <= Óðinn> of the land of serpents [GOLD > WARRIOR], ‘that the palm trees of the sword [WARRIORS] do not inflict on you violent tortures’. ‘Man of deceits’, said the offering-willow of wine [WOMAN], ‘do not delay my death; I shall now never love your power; I worship the king of the sun [= God]’.

grammar

Verbs: Preterite-present verbs

The present tense of these verbs is like the past tense of strong verbs, and their past tense is weak.

eigamegakunnaskulumunumuna
indic.
pres.
sing.


pl.
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
á
átt
á
eigum
eiguð
eigu

mátt

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-
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