Völuspá 26

26.

Þórr einn þar vá / þrunginn móði,

Thorr only rise, / in stifling mode,

  • Þórr Þórr m (Norse mythology) Thor (god of thunder)
  • einn nom. m. one
  • þar adv þar (not comparable) there, in that place
  • verb 3rd sg perf ind act vega vega (veg; vá, vágum; veginn), v. (1) to lift  (2) to weigh
  • þrunginn part. þryngva (þryng; þröng, þrungum; þrunginn), v. (1) to press, thrust  (2) to rush, press onward,
  • móði noun sg dat móðr excitement, wrath, passion, m anger, wrath

hann sjaldan sitr / er hann slíkt um fregn;

seldom he sits / when hearing like this;

  • sjaldan adv sjaldan seldom (s hefi ek aðra haft at skildi fyrir mér)
  • sitr verb 3rd sg pres ind act sitja to sit, be seated; hann sat it næsta honum, he sat next him; s upp, to sit erect (þeir létu hann s upp í hauginum); to sit at table;
  • slíkt adj sg neut acc slíkr such;
  • fregn verb 3sg pres fregna to hear of, be informed of (þrándr frá andlát föður síns);

á gengust eiðar, / orð ok sœri,

broken was oaths, / words, and promise,

  • á prep a a negative suffix to verbs, not;
  • gengust mp. 3pl. past. ganga ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn) to go, walk
  • eiðar eiðr (-s, -ar), m. oath; vinna, sverja eið, to take (swear) an oath;
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  • orð sg/pl nom/acc  orð word;
  • sœri sœri, n. pl. oaths, swearing (rjúfa s.)

mál öll meginlig / er á meðal fóru.

the mighty pledges / between them made.

  • mál noun sg nom mál speech, faculty of speech n.
  • öll adj pl neut nom allr all
  • meginlig n pl. megin-, in compds., main; -afl, n. main strength;  -ligr, a. important (mál -lig);
  • meðal meðal (á m., í m.), prep. with gen., among, between; /  prep meðal with gen, among, between; m vár or vár á m, among us;
  • fóru verb 3rd pl perf ind act fara to move, pass along, go;

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