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Easy Readings In Old Icelandic

Chapter 2

The Giant Ymir

"Hínn gamli Hrímþurs, hann köllum vér Ymi." Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvar bygði Ymir? eða við hvat lifði hann?" "Næst var þat, þá er hrímit draup, at þar varð af kýr sú er Auðhumla hét, en fjórar mjólkár runnu or spenum hennar, ok fœddi hon Ymi." Þá mælti Gangleri: "Við hvat fœddisk kýrin?" Hár segir: "Hon sleikti hrímsteina, er slatir váru, ok hinn fyrsta dag, er hon sleikti steina, kom ór steininum at kveldi manns hár, annan dag manns höfuð, þriðja dag var þar allr maðr; sá er nefndr Buri. Hann var fagr álitum, mikill ok máttugr. Hann gat son þann, er Börr hét. Hann fekk þeirrar konu, er Besla hét, dóttir Bölþorns jötuns, ok fengu þau þrjá sonu: hét einn Óðinn, annarr Vili, þriði Vé; ok þat er mín trúa, at sá Óðinn ok hans brœðr munu vera stýrandi himins ok jarðar."

af, out of. at, that (conj.). einn, one. hon, she. minn, my. mun, will, must. ór, out of. sú (fem.), that. váru, were. vér, we. við, with, by. þann (a. s. m.), the, that. þau (n. pl.), they, those. þeirrar (g. s. f.), that.

	annarr, other	kom, came (koma)
	brœðr, pl. of bróðir, m. brother	kona, f. wife, woman
	bygði, dwelt (byggja)	kveld, n. evening
	dagr, m. day	kýr, f. cow
	dóttir, f. daughter	lifði, lived (lifa, 1)
	draup, dripped (drjúpa)	maðr, m. man (1)
	fagr, fair	máttugr, mighty
	fekk, pl. fengu, got (fá)	mikill, big
	fjórir, four	mjólk-á, f. river of milk
	fyrstr, first	nefndr, named (nefna)
	fœddi, bore (fœða)	næst, next (following)
	fœddisk, fed itself (fœða-sk)	runnu, ran (renna)
	gamall, old	saltr, salt
	gat, begot (geta)	sleikti, licked (sleikja)
	hár, n. hair	sonr, m. son
	hét, was called (heita, 1)	speni, m. teat
	höfuð, n. head	steinn, m. stone
	hrím, n. hoar-frost, rime	stýrandi, ruling (stýra)
	hrímsteinn, m. rimy stone	trúa, f. belief, faith
	jarðar, g. s. of jörð (1)	varð, became (verða)
	jötunn, m. giant	þriði, third
	köllum, (we) call (kalla)	þrjá, acc. m. of þrir, three.

Those words to which (1) is added have already occured in the first exercise. Similar reference-numbers are used throughout the book.

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