Óðin blóta gørða ek aldrigi;
hefik þó lengi lifat.
Framar veit ek falla munu
fyrr en þetta it háva höfuð.
Ek gørða aldrigi blóta Óðin; þó hefik lifat lengi. Ek veit Framar munu falla fyrr en þetta it háva höfuð.
I have never sacrificed to Óðinn; yet I have lived a long time. I know Framarr will fall sooner than this high head.
[6] fyrr en þetta it háva höfuð ‘sooner than this high head’: A reference to Ketill’s great height; cf. Ket 28/1. The noun hǫfuð refers to the person as a whole; cf. LP: hǫfuð 2. Since the mss all have the emphatic combination of two demonstrative pronouns (þetta, it), these are retained (so Skald, Edd. Min.), whereas Skj B omits it.
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 |