Helgir englar kómu ór himnum ofan
ok tóku sál hans til sín;
í hreinu lífi hon skal lifa
æ með almátkum guði.
Helgir englar kómu ofan ór himnum ok tóku sál hans til sín; hon skal lifa í hreinu lífi æ með almátkum guði.
Holy angels came down from the heavens above, and gathered his soul to themselves; it will live in a pure existence forever with almighty God.
[5, 6] hon skal lifa æ: hon skal æ lifa all
[5-6] hon skal lifa æ með almátkum guði ‘it [lit. she, viz. the soul] will live ... forever with almighty God’: In keeping with earlier eds (Skj B; Skald; Bugge) æ ‘forever’ (l. 5) has been moved to l. 6 to provide the necessary alliteration.
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- |