[8] ágæta ‘splendid’: If the adj. is retained in this form, it must be a n. acc. sg. weak form qualifying móinsæti ‘serpent-seat’. Such a construction is possible, but rare (see NS §50). Previous eds (except Sveinbjörn Egilsson in SnE 1848, 242) emend to ágætum (m. dat. pl.) ‘splendid’ as a qualifier to mǫnnum ‘men’ (l. 7).