Also, ljósta would take accusative:

Sigmundur lýstur Skarphéðin - but:
Sigmundur lýtur Skarphéðni

ljósta - laust - lustum - lostið
lúta - laut - lutum - lotið

E.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "AThompson" <athompso@...> wrote:
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> Thanks LN. It also makes more sense in the context of what has just
> happened, with Sigmund on his knees.
>
> Alan
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> "AThompson" <athompso@> wrote:
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> > "Laust (ljósta) þú mér nú,"
> > You struck me now,'
>
> 'laust', here = 'lauzt' (in the older spelling) -- 2nd sg. past of
> 'lúta' "to bow down (to)" (and by extension "yield to, do homage
to").
> More of Skarpheðinn's joking. The spelling 'laust' could in theory
> also be the 2nd sg. past of 'ljóta', but that other version of the
> text had 'lauzt' and MM & HP must have understood it as such: "Now
you
> have knelt before me."
>
> LN
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