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Þaðan koma meyjar / margs vitandi

Thence comes maidens, / much knowing,

• Þaðan adv þaðan from there, thence
• koma verb 3rd pl pres ind act koma to come
• meyjar mær f (genitive meyjar, plural meyjar) maid, girl, virgin
• margs adj sg neut gen margr in sing a collect sense, both as subst and adj, many a (one) ; m maðr, many a person;
• vitandi pres part. vita to have sense, be conscious / to have sense, be conscious (hann var enn ei- gi ørendr, en vissi þó ekki); with gen., gráðugr halr, nema geðs viti, unless he has his senses about him;

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mær	mærin	meyjar	meyjarnar
accusative	mey	meyina	meyjar	meyjarnar
dative	mey, meyju	meyinni, meyjunni	meyjum	meyjunum
genitive	meyjar	meyjarinnar	meyja	meyjanna

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

þrjár, ór þeim sal / er und þolli stendr;

three, from the hall / under tree stands;

• þrjár nom. f. pl. 3
• ór prep ór  +dat. out of, from
• þeim dat. m. sg. demonstr.
• sal dat. sg. salr m (genitive salar, plural salir) room, hall
• und undir prep under with dat. and acc.; with dat.
• þolli dat. sg. þollr, m. fir-tree, tree in general.
• stendr verb 3rd sg pres ind act standa to stand, opp to sitja or liggja

Urð hétu eina, / aðra Verðandi,

Urd hight the first, / the second Verdandi,

• Urð noun sg acc urðr weird, fate urðr (gen. -ar), f. weird, fate.
• hétu verb 3rd pl perf ind act heita to call give a name to; Grímni mik hétu, they called me G ; heitinn eptir e-m, called (named) after one;
• eina acc f. sg. 1
• aðra acc. f. sg annarr (not comparable) other, another, second, next
• Verðandi prés. part verða (singular past indicative varð, plural past indicative urðu, past participle orðinn) to become

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

skáru á skíði, / Skuld ina þriðju;

they ash-tablets graved, / Skuld hight the third;

• skáru verb 3rd pl perf ind act skera (sker; skar, skárum; sko- rinn), to cut / to carve, cut out (á brúðum stólsins var skorinn Þórr, ok var þat líkneski mikit);
• skíði noun sg dat skíð billet of wood, firewood (kljúfa s);
• Skuld skuld f (genitive singular skuldar, nominative plural skuldir) a debt (plural only, of a company) liabilities, guilt, skulu (first person singular present indicative skal, first person plural past subjunctive skyldi) shall, must
• ina acc. f. sg inn the
• þriðju the third

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þriðji	þriðja	þriðja
accusative	þriðja	þriðju	þriðja
dative	þriðja	þriðju	þriðja
genitive	þriðja	þriðju	þriðja
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	þriðju	þriðju	þriðju
accusative	þriðju	þriðju	þriðju
dative	þriðju	þriðju	þriðju
genitive	þriðju	þriðju	þriðju

þær lög lögðu, / þær líf kuru

they laws made, / they life selected;

• þær nom. f. pl
• lög acc. pl. lög, n. pl. (1) law, laws, preordained fate / lag layer place
• lögðu 3pl. past leggja (singular past indicative lagði, plural past indicative lǫgðu, past participle lagðr) to lay, place, put, to allot, assign
• líf  noun sg acc líf life;
• kuru 3pl. past kjósa (kýs; kaus, køri and keyri; kusum and kurum; kosinn, kørinn), v. (1) to choose, select (valkyrjur ríða jaf- nan at k. val)

alda börnum, / örlög segja.

all the children / they destiny say.

• alda noun pl gen öld ǫld f (genitive aldar, plural aldir) time, age; cycle, period; gamla ö., the old cycle;  poet., men, people; alda börn, children of men.
• börnum noun pl dat barn bairn, child; barn n (genitive barns, plural bǫrn) child
• örlög örlög n pl (plurale tantum) destiny
• segja pres. 3pl. segja say, tell, declare, in an oath

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	barn	barnit	bǫrn	bǫrnin
accusative	barn	barnit	bǫrn	bǫrnin
dative	barni	barninu	bǫrnum	bǫrnunum
genitive	barns	barnsins	barna	barnanna