‘Freistuðu ins framráða, es þeim flýja kenndi,
allvalds austmanna, es býr at Útsteini.
Stóðum Nǫkkva brá stillir, es honum vas styrjar væni;
hlǫmmun vas á hlífum, áðr Haklangr felli.
‘Freistuðu ins framráða allvalds austmanna, es kenndi þeim flýja, es býr at Útsteini. Stillir brá stóðum Nǫkkva, es honum vas væni styrjar; hlǫmmun vas á hlífum, áðr Haklangr felli.
‘They tested the forward-striving mighty ruler of the Norwegians [NORWEGIAN KING = Haraldr], who taught them to flee, who resides at Utstein. The ruler set in motion the stud-horses of Nǫkkvi <sea-king> [SHIPS] when he expected combat; there was thundering on shields before Haklangr fell.
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. | ||
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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 |