Völuspá 27

27.

Veit hon [Heimdallar / hljóð um fólgit]

Knows she Heimdall’s / sound is hidden

  • veit verb 3rd sg pres ind act vita to have sense, be conscious (hann var enn eigi ørendr, en vissi þó ekki); with gen, gráðugr halr, nema geðs viti, unless he has his senses about him ;
  • Heimdallar gen.
  • hljóð noun sg acc hljóð silence, hearing; (3) musical sound, tune; (4) trumpet (h. Heimdallar = Gjallarhorn).
  • fólgit acc. sg. n. part. fela (fel; fal, fálum; fólginn), v. (1) to hide, conceal

undir heiðvönum / helgum baðmi;

under bright twig / of holy tree;

  • undir prep undir with dat and acc; I with dat
  • heiðvönum dat. m. sg. heiðr m (genitive heiðrs) honour, honor, worth / vanr (not comparable) lacking, wanting / the holy tree that is heiðvanr
  • helgum dat m. sg.pl. heilagr holy
  • baðmi baðmr, m. (1) tree; (2) bosom.
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vanr vǫn vant
accusative vanan vana vant
dative vǫnum vanri vǫnu
genitive vans vanrar vans
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vanir vanar vǫn
accusative vana vanar vǫn
dative vǫnum vǫnum vǫnum
genitive vanra vanra vanra

á sér hon ausask / aurgum forsi

stream see she wiggle / to muddy falls

  • á acc.sg. á (gen. ár, pl. ár, gen. á, dat. ám), f. river;
  • sér verb 3rd sg pres ind act sjá see
  • ausask ausa (eys, jós, jósum, ausinn), v. to sprinkle, pour, with dat.; / -sk -ish
  • aurgum dat. aurigr (acc. aurgan), a. clayey, mud- dy.
  • forsi fors (pl. -ar), m. waterfall.

af veði Valföðrs. / Vituð ér enn eða hvat?

from Valfathers pawn. / Understand ye yet, or what?

  • af prep af  +dat of
  • veði  dat. veð (gen. pl. veðja), n. pledge, surety; setja e-t í v., at veði, to pledge, give in pledge; hann bauð at veði alla eign sína, he offered all his property as a pledge; leysa (út) v., to redeem a pledge; hafa e-t í veði, to have at stake; vera í veði, to be at stake (líf mitt er í veði).
  • Valföðrs Valfǫðr m (genitive Valfǫðrs) Odin, literally “Father of the Slain”/ valr  (“the slain”) + fǫðr (“father”)
  • Vituð imp 2pl
  • ér ér, nom. pl. to ‘þú’, ye, = þér.
  • enn adv enn the oldest form of the definite. article, inn, hinn / enn (en, et), the oldest form of the def. art., = inn, hinn. / enn, adv. (1) yet, still (hann er enn ungr ok bernskr);