| Sing. | Plur. | |
| 1. | vil | viljum |
| 2. | vill | vilið |
| 3. | vill | vilja |
Subj. pres. vili. Pret. ind. vilda. Ptc. prt. viljat.
| Indicative | Subjunctive | ||
| Present sg. 1. | em | sē | |
| 2. | ert | sēr | |
| 3. | er | sē | |
| pl. 1. | erum | sēm | |
| 2. | eruð | sēð | |
| 3. | eru | sē | |
| Preterite sg. 1. | var | væra | |
| 2. | vart | værir | |
| 3. | var | væri | |
| pl. 1. | vārum | værim | |
| 2. | vāruð | værið | |
| 3. | vāru | væri | |
Imper. sg. ver; pl. verið. Ptc. prt. verit n.
Composition
170. Composition with the genitive is very frequent in Icelandic. Thus by the side of skip-stjōrn (ship-steering) we find skips-brot (ship's breaking, shipwreck), skipa-hęrr (army of ships, fleet). Genitival composition often expresses possession, as in konungs-skip (king's ship).
Derivation
Prefixes
171. Prefixes are much less used in Icelandic than in Old English.