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but the frequent and best use, as well as contractions, show
the r to be spurious as
kallag, brennig, telk, for kalla ek etc.,
hyggig, hykk for hygg ek etc.
126. It is more correct to end the 1st Pers. of the
Imperfect in -a, than in -i, for the preceding part of the verb
has always those vowels which harmonize wilh a and not with
i, except when i in the Present has been substituted by
derivation and runs in every tense through the entire word, as
brenni, from brann.
127. The 1st Pers. of the Conj. Present is also more
correctly ended in a than i, but both are frequently used, and
good manuscripts prefer in certain cases the -i.
Abbreviations like hugðak (Lodbrkv. 24) munak (Snorra
E. 35) also prove the termination -a.
The 1st Person Plural has -im, in harmony with the other
termination, and by a general use of the ancients; in the
modern language this person has been changed into -um as the
Indicative (köllum, brennum, teljum).
128. The 1st Pers. of the Conj. Imp. has sometimes -a
instead of i in ancient writers, chiefly used by the Skalds;
but it is less correct considering the vowel of the chief syllable.
It is therefore less correct to say
vekþa ek | than | vekti ek |
bæþa ek | — | bæði ek |
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