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Ask veit ek standa, / heitir Yggdrasill
Ash I know standing, / named Yggdrasill,
- veit 1sg. pres. vita (singular past indicative vissi, plural past indicative vissu, past participle vitaðr) to know
- standa inf. standa to stand
- heitir =heitr, part 3sg. pres, heita to call give a name to; Grímni mik hétu, they called me
- Yggdrasill yggr, a. anxious (yggt vas þeim síðan), drösull, m. poet. horse, = drasill.
hár baðmr, [ausinn / hvítaauri];
a lofty tree, laved / with limpid water:
- hár adj sg masc nom hár high
- baðmr baðmr, m. (1) tree; (2) bosom.
- ausinn past part. nom. sg. m. ausa to sprinkle, pour, with dat; þær taka hvern dag vatn i brunninum ok ausa (viz því) upp yfir askinn, Pour it over the ash-tree; a síld ór netjum, to empty the nets of the herrings; fig, a sauri á e-n, to bespatter with abuse; a e-m e-u í augu upp, to thro
- hvíta adj hvítr white
- auri dat. sg. aurr m (genitive aurs, plural aurar) moist earth, wet clay, mud
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hvítr | hvítr | hvítt |
| accusative | hvítan | hvíta | hvítt |
| dative | hvítrum | hvítri | hvítru |
| genitive | hvíts | hvítrar | hvíts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hvítir | hvítar | hvítr |
| accusative | hvíta | hvítar | hvítr |
| dative | hvítrum | hvítrum | hvítrum |
| genitive | hvítra | hvítra | hvítra |
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aurr | aurrinn | aurar | aurarnir |
| accusative | aur | aurinn | aura | aurana |
| dative | auri | aurinum | aurum | aurunum |
| genitive | aurs | aursins | aura | auranna |
þaðan koma döggvar / þærs í dala falla;
thence comes dew / that in dales fell;
- þaðan adv þaðan (not comparable) from there, thencewhite
- koma verb 3rd pl pres ind act koma to come (litlu síðarr kómu Finnar aptr heim);
- döggvar nom. pl. dögg (gen. döggvar, dat. dögg or döggu; pl. döggvar), f. dew; -fall, n. dew-fall, deposit of dew; -lauss, a. dew- less; -litr, a. besprinkled with dew;
- þærs =þær nom. f. pl. = döggvar
- í prep í into
- dala noun pl acc dalr dale, valley (djúpir dalir)
- falla verb 3rd pl pres ind act falla to fall
stendr æ yfir grœnn / [Urðar brunni].
stands always over / the green Urd’s well.
- stendr verb 3rd sg pres ind act standa to stand, opp to sitja or liggja (hann stóð við vegginn);
- æ adv. ever, at any time
- yfir prep yfir with dat and acc; I with dat over, above
- grœnn nom. m. sg. grœnn (comparative grœnni, superlative grœnstr) green, fresh
- Urðar wikipedia gen. f.
- brunni noun sg dat brunnr m. spring;