vera er, var, várum. vórum, verit v
1.
to be, exist; þeir menn vóru, er, there were men who;
2.
to be, happen; þat var, at hón fór brott, so it was that she went away; en er váraði, var þar búskortr, there was scarcity in the household; hvat er henni, what is the matter with her! þat var einn dag, at, it happened one day that; kann (má) v, at, it is possible, it may be that;
3.
to last; meðan þingit væri, while the Thing lasted;
4.
láta e-n v, to leave one alone (lát mik v ok ger mér ekki illt) ; bað hann láta v, begged him to leave it undone, not to do it;
5.
to dwell, stay; hann bað hana vera í búð sinni, he asked her to stay in his booth ; hann var á Höskuldsstöðum um nótt, he passed a night at H;
6.
with infin, hlymr var at heyra, a clattering was to be heard; þar var at sjá, there was to be seen ; v at gera e-t, to be doing a thing; kvað hann v at telja silfr, said he was counting the money; denoting necessity, a thing about to happen, or to be done ; nú er þeim út at ganga öllum, er leyft er, now all those must go out to whom leave is given; er nú eigi Kára at varast, now there is no need to beware of K ; nú er þar til máls at taka, at, now it is to be told that; nú er at segja frá Skamkatli, now we must tell of S;
7.
with a predicate (noun, adj, or adv) ; v konungr, Jarl, biskup, to be king, earl, bishop; v glaðr, sæll, hryggr, ungr, gamall, to be glad, happy, sad, young, old; v vel, illa til e-s, to be well, ill-disposed towards one; þat er illa, it is sad; vera spakliga í heraði, to behave ,gently; orð kvað þá Vingi þats án veri, words which he had better not have said;
8.
impers, e-m er varmt, heitt, kalt, one is warm, cold;
9.
with past participles in passive sense ; v kallaðr, sagðr, tekinn, to be called, said, taken ; (10) with preps, v af e-u, to be off, out of (v af klæðum) ; v at e-u, to be busy at; verkmenn váru at arningu, they were ploughing; to be present (þar varstu at) ; ek var at ok vafk, I was about weaving,; þeir höiðu verit at þrjú sumur, they had been busy at it for three summers; v eptir, to be left, remain (A kvazt vilja v eptir ok hvílast) ; v fyrir, to lead (see 'fyrir') ; v til, to exist; v um, undir, see 'um, undir'
