rura barnið

Found the second verse of the lullaby today. Hadn't known it had a second verse. Hadn't ever heard it as a child. The first verse I recall. Also the way I puzzled, new to language in general, over the syntax; wondered why that word stood in a place in the third line that was unlike the other places I'd heard that word when people spoke. Old grammar, I realize now. I remember, too, the names for the colors of beasts, learning them, latching onto them as if I expected sustenance.