Anon (Heiðr) 6VIII (Heiðr 87)/7 — inn ‘inn ’
Ár kváðu Humla fyrir her ráða,
Gizur Gautum, Gotum Angantý,
Valdar Dönum, en Völum Kíar;
Alrekr inn frækni enskri þjóðu.
Ár kváðu Humla ráða fyrir her, Gizur Gautum, Angantý Gotum, Valdar Dönum en Kíar Völum; Alrekr inn frækni enskri þjóðu.
Long ago they said Humli ruled over the people, Gizurr the Gautar, Angantýr the Goths, Valdarr the Danes, and Kíarr the Valir; Alrekr inn frœkni (‘the Brave’) [ruled] the English people.
notes
[7] Alrekr inn frækni ‘Alrekr inn frækni (“the Brave”)’: Otherwise unknown as a ruler of England, but an Alrekr inn frækni is listed in a genealogy in Flat (1860-8, I, 25), said to be part of the dynasty þat heitir Skilfinga ætt edr Skiolldunga ætt ‘that is called the Skilfingar family or Skjǫldungar family’, and Þjóð Yt 10/1I lists a Swedish king Alrekr (see Note there). The acc.-inf. construction used in ll. 2-6 switches here (for no clear reason) to the use of the nom. Skald emends l. 7 to the acc. Alrek enn frækna to maintain consistency.
grammar
Pronouns and determiners: Definite article
The definite article is normally suffixed to nouns, except in some cases where it is used with an adjective. If the noun form ends in a vowel, the 'i' in the article is dropped. If the noun form ends in 'um', the 'm' and 'i' are both dropped. E.g. hesta (acc. pl.) > hestana (acc. pl. definite); hestum (dat. pl.) > hestunum (dat. pl. definite)
| masc. | fem. | neut. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing. | N A G D | inn inn ins inum | in ina innar inni | it it ins inu |
| pl. | N A G D | inir ina inna inum | inar inar inna inum | in in inna inum |