10.

Þar var Móðsognir / mæztr um orðinn

There was Modsognir, / greatest of creations,

• Þar (not comparable) there (in that place)
• Móðsognir Possibly means “tired one” or “powerless one”, Mótsognir (Old Norse “battle roarer” The prefix Mót- means battle, the affix -sognir means roarer) , mót n meeting, móðr, a. weary, exhausted, worn out — He who roars in rage. Cp. móðr, ‘rage,’ svagla, ‘to plash, babble,’ sœgr (+svogi), ‘noise,’ OE sweg, swoeg, ‘noise,’ E sough, ‘murmur of wind in trees,’ MnN søg, ‘talk, murmur,’ søgja, ‘to plash, babble,’ Gothic swogatjan,’to sigh.’48
• mæztr =mestr superlative degree of mikill
• orðinn (not comparable) past participle of verða, verða ‎(singular past indicative varð, plural past indicative urðu, past participle orðinn) become

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mestr	mest	mestt
accusative	mestan	mesta	mestt
dative	mestum	mestri	mestu
genitive	mests	mestrar	mests
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mestir	mestar	mest
accusative	mesta	mestar	mest
dative	mestum	mestum	mestum
genitive	mestra	mestra	mestra

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	orðinn	orðin	orðit
accusative	orðinan	orðina	orðit
dative	orðinum	orðinri	orðinu
genitive	orðins	orðinrar	orðins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	orðinir	orðinar	orðin
accusative	orðina	orðinar	orðin
dative	orðinum	orðinum	orðinum
genitive	orðinra	orðinra	orðinra

dverga allra, / en Durinn annarr;

greatest of Dwarfs, / but Durinn second;

• dverga gen pl. dvergr m (genitive dvergs, plural dvergar) (Norse mythology) a dwarf
• dverga noun pl gen dvergr dwarf (
• allra adj pl gen allr all, entire, whole
• en conj en but;
• Durinn Durinn m (genitive Durins) (Norse mythology) Durin, name of a dwarf, from Old Norse dúrr m. ‎(“slumber, nap”).
• annarr adj sg masc nom annarr indef pron, (not comparable) other, another, second, next

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dvergr	dvergrinn	dvergar	dvergarnir
accusative	dverg	dverginn	dverga	dvergana
dative	dvergi	dverginum	dvergum	dvergunum
genitive	dvergs	dvergsins	dverga	dverganna

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	annarr	ǫnnur	annat
accusative	annan	aðra	annat
dative	ǫðrum	annarri	ǫðru
genitive	annars	annarrar	annars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aðrir	aðrar	ǫnnur
accusative	aðra	aðrar	ǫnnur
dative	ǫðrum	ǫðrum	ǫðrum
genitive	annarra	annarra	annarra

þeir mannlíkön / mörg um görðu

Manlike creations / many they did,

• þeir nom. m. pl. they
• mannlíkön =líkan acc. m. sg. líkr, a. (1) like, resembling ; at líku, all the same, nevertheless; (2) likely, probable ; (3) likely, promising, fit
• líkön pl. líkan model in MI
• mörg acc. n. pl. margr (mörg, mart)(comparative fleiri, superlative flestr) many, a lot of
• görðu past 3pl. gera ‎(singular past indicative gerði, plural past indicative gørðu, past participle gerðr) to do, make

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maðr	maðrinn	menni	menninir
accusative	mann	manninn	menni	mennina
dative	manni	manninum	mǫnnum	mǫnnunum
genitive	manns	mannsins	manna	mannanna

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	margr	mǫrg	margt, mart
accusative	margan	marga	margt, mart
dative	mǫrgum	margri	mǫrgu
genitive	margs	margrar	margs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	margir	margar	mǫrg
accusative	marga	margar	mǫrg
dative	mǫrgum	mǫrgum	mǫrgum
genitive	margra	margra	margra

infinitive	gera
present participle	gerandi
past participle	gerðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	geri	gerða
2nd-person singular	gerir	gerðir
3rd-person singular	gerir	gerði
1st-person plural	gerum	gørðum
2nd-person plural	gerið	gørðuð
3rd-person plural	gera	gørðu

dvergar í jörðu, / sem Durinn sagði.

Dwarfs from earth, / as Durinn said.

• dvergar noun pl acc. dvergr dwarf
• í prep. into +acc. in, at +dat.
• jörðu dat. sg. jǫrð f (genitive jarðar, plural jarðir) earth
• sem conj, as
• sagði past 3pl. segja ‎(singular past indicative sagði, plural past indicative sǫgðu, past participle sagðr) to say, tell, declare

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jǫrð	jǫrðin	jarðir	jarðirnar
accusative	jǫrð	jǫrðina	jarðir	jarðirnar
dative	jǫrðu	jǫrðunni	jǫrðum	jǫrðunum
genitive	jarðar	jarðarinnar	jarða	jarðanna

infinitive	segja
present participle	segjandi
past participle	sagðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	segi	sagða
2nd-person singular	segir	sagðir
3rd-person singular	segir	sagði
1st-person plural	segjum	sǫgðum
2nd-person plural	segið	sǫgðuð
3rd-person plural	segja	sǫgðu