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Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir,

For silence I ask / all children,[1]

• Hljóðs noun sg gen hljóð silence, hearing; biðja (kveðja sér) hljóðs, to beg (ask for) a hearing (Njáll kvaddi sér hljóðs); fá h, to get a hearing; þegja þunnu hljóði, to keep a watchful silence; af hljóði, í hljóði, in all stillness, silently;
• bið verb 1st sg pres ind act biða to wait ; b e-s, to wait for +gen. (þeir biðuðu þeirra), suffer +acc.
• allar adj pl fem voc allr all, entire, whole; hón á allan arf eptir mik, she has all the heritage after me ; af öllum hug, with all (one’s) heart; hvitr a, white all over; bú allt, the whole estate; allan daginn, the whole day; í allri veröld, in the whole world; allan hálfan mánu
• helgar adj f pl heilagr holy
• kindir noun pl voc kind f. kind, race; fyrða (gumna, seggja, skatna, ýta) k, the sons of men, mankind;

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilagr	helg, heilǫg	helgt, heilagt
accusative	helgan, heilagan	helga, heilaga	helgt, heilagt
dative	helgum, heilǫgum	helgri, heilagri	helgu, heilǫgu
genitive	helgs, heilags	helgrar, heilagrar	helgs, heilags
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	helgir, heilagir	helgar, heilagar	helg, heilǫg
accusative	helga, heilaga	helgar, heilagar	helg, heilǫg
dative	helgum, heilǫgum	helgum, heilǫgum	helgum, heilǫgum
genitive	helgra, heilagra	helgra, heilagra	helgra, heilagra

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kind	kindin	kindir, kindr	kindirnar, kindrnar
accusative	kind	kindina	kindir, kindr	kindirnar, kindrnar
dative	kind	kindinni	kindum	kindunum
genitive	kindar	kindarinnar	kinda	kindanna

meiri ok minni / mögu Heimdallar;

great and small, / sons of Heimdallar;

• ok conj ok and; bæði ok, both and (b er hann vitr ok framgjarn);
• meiri comparative degree of mikill
• minni  comparative degree of lítill
• mögu noun pl acc mögr son (mey frumunga fal hann megi Gjúka);

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	meiri	meiri	meira
accusative	meira	meiri	meira
dative	meira	meiri	meira
genitive	meira	meiri	meira
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	meiri	meiri	meiri
accusative	meiri	meiri	meiri
dative	meirum	meirum	meirum
genitive	meiri	meiri	meiri

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mǫgr	mǫgrinn	megir	megirnir
accusative	mǫg	mǫginn	mǫgu	mǫguna
dative	megi	meginum	mǫgum	mǫgunum
genitive	magar	magarins	maga	maganna

viltu, at ek, Valföðr! / vel framtelja

wilt thou, that I, Valfather! / Well recount

• viltu =vilt þú verb 2nd sg pres ind act vilja want
• at conj at A. with dative I. Of motion
• vel adv vel well (taka v við e-m); v í vexti, well-grown, well-shapen ; vera v til e-s, to be kind to one; mér gefr vel at skilja, I understand quite well;
• fram adv fram forward;
• telja verb 1st sg pres subj act telja to count, number

infinitive	vilja
present participle	viljandi
past participle	viljat
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vil	vilda
2nd-person singular	vill, vilt	vildir
3rd-person singular	vill	vildi
1st-person plural	viljum	vildum
2nd-person plural	vilið	vilduð
3rd-person plural	vilja	vildu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vila	vilda
2nd-person singular	vilir	vildir
3rd-person singular	vili	vildi
1st-person plural	vilim	vildim
2nd-person plural	vilið	vildið
3rd-person plural	vili	vildi

forn spjöll fira, / þau er fremst um man.

ancient history of men, / the first I remember?

• forn str n. pl. adj ancient
• spjöll n. noun pl acc spjall saying, tale, esp pl; forn spjöll fira, old tales of men; úrughlýra jó frá ek spjalla, with wet cheeks I asked the steed for news; móðug spjöll, lamentations
• firar m. pl. men; gen. pl. among men, human
• þau acc. n. pl. that
• er pron rel. who, which, that
• man pres. 1sg muna remember

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	forn	forn	fornt
accusative	fornan	forna	fornt
dative	fornum	fornri	fornu
genitive	forns	fornrar	forns
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fornir	fornar	forn
accusative	forna	fornar	forn
dative	fornum	fornum	fornum
genitive	fornra	fornra	fornra

infinitive	muna
present participle	munandi
past participle	munaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	man	munda
2nd-person singular	mant	mundir
3rd-person singular	man	mundi
1st-person plural	munum	mundum
2nd-person plural	munið	munduð
3rd-person plural	muna	mundu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	muna	mynda
2nd-person singular	munir	myndir
3rd-person singular	muni	myndi
1st-person plural	munim	myndim
2nd-person plural	munið	myndið
3rd-person plural	muni	myndi