Eyv Lv 4I/6 — vilt ‘you wish’
Baðat valgrindar vinda
veðrheyjandi Skreyju
gumnum hollr né golli
Gefnar sinni stefnu:
‘Ef søkkspenni svinnan,
sigrminnigr, vilt finna,
framm halt, njótr, at nýtum
Norðmanna gram, hranna.’
Valgrindar Gefnar veðrheyjandi, hollr gumnum né golli, baðat Skreyju vinda stefnu sinni: ‘Ef, sigrminnigr, vilt finna svinnan søkkspenni, halt framm at nýtum gram Norðmanna, njótr hranna.’
The enacter of the storm of the Gefn <= Freyja> of the slaughter-gate [(lit. ‘storm-enacter of the Gefn of the slaughter-gate’) SHIELD > VALKYRIE > BATTLE > WARRIOR = Hákon], loyal to men, not to gold, did not bid [Eyvindr] Skreyja (‘Wretch’) to alter his course: ‘If, mindful of victory, you wish to meet a wise treasure-grasper [RULER], keep straight ahead to the capable king of the Norwegians [= Hákon], user of the waves [SWIMMER = Eyvindr skreyja].’
grammar
Irregular verbs: vilja (to wish)
| indic. | subj. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pres. | past | pres. | 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 | ||||