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Mál er dverga / í Dvalins liði
Measure is the Dwarfs / in Dvalin’s flock
- mál acc. n (genitive máls, plural mál) measurement, size, time, meal, mealtime
- dverga noun pl gen dvergr dwarf (lágr ok digr sem d) ;
- í prep +dat.
- Dvalins gen. Dvalinn m (genitive Dvalins) (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
- liði dat. liðr m member
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mál | málit | mál | málin |
| accusative | mál | málit | mál | málin |
| dative | máli | málinu | málum | málunum |
| genitive | máls | málsins | mála | málanna |
ljóna kindum / til Lofars telja,
the men of lions / and census Lofars;
- ljóna ljónar, m. pl. men (poet.).
- kindum kind f (genitive kindar, plural kindir or kindr) race, kind, kin
- til prep. +gen.
- Lofars lofa (“to praise”), thus probably meaning “Praiseworthy One”.
- telja verb 1st sg pres subj act telja to count, number, trace one’s descent from ; þótt þú eigir frændsemi at t við mik, though thou canst reckon thyself my kith and kin ;
| 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 |
þeir er sóttu / frá salar steini
there they went / from temples rocks,
- þeir nom. m. pl. they
- sóttu past. 3pl sœkja (singular past indicative sótti, plural past indicative sóttu, past participle sóttr) to seek, look for, search
- frá frá (with dative) from, away from, about
- á salar steina Völuspá 4
- steini noun sg dat steinn stone, boulder, rock (s einn mikill);
Aurvanga sjöt / til Jöruvalla.
to Aurvanga shoot, / and Joruvalla.
- Aurvanga Aurvangr Völuspá 13
- sjöt sjöt, n. pl. (1) abode, home; ragna s., the seat of the gods, the heavens; (2) company, host.,
- til prep. +gen.
- Jöruvalla Jǫruvǫllr m (genitive Jǫruvallar) jara (“fight, battle”) + vǫllr (“vale, field”), thus meaning “Battle-vale”. place-name
| neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sjǫt | sjǫtin |
| accusative | sjǫt | sjǫtin |
| dative | sjǫtum | sjǫtunum |
| genitive | sjata | sjatanna |
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | jara | jaran | jǫrur | jǫrurnar |
| accusative | jǫru | jǫruna | jǫrur | jǫranar |
| dative | jǫru | jǫrunni | jǫrum | jǫrunum |
| genitive | jǫru | jǫrunnar | jarna | jarnanna |
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vǫllr | vǫllrinn | vellir | vellirnir |
| accusative | vǫll | vǫllinn | vǫllu | vǫlluna |
| dative | velli | vellinum | vǫllum | vǫllunum |
| genitive | vallar | vallarins | valla | vallanna |