Gladdi gunnveitir — gengum fagrbúnir —
Þjaza þingskilum þjóðir hermargar,
Rínar rauðmalmi, rógi Niflunga,
vísi inn vígdjarfi; vakði hann Baldr þeygi.
Gunnveitir, inn vígdjarfi vísi, gladdi hermargar þjóðir – gengum fagrbúnir – þingskilum Þjaza, rauðmalmi Rínar, rógi Niflunga; hann vakði Baldr þeygi.
The battle-granter [WARRIOR], the battle-bold prince, gladdened the very numerous troops – we went beautifully adorned – with Þjazi’s <giant’s> assembly declarations [GOLD], with the red metal of the Rhine <river> [GOLD], with the strife of the Niflungar <legendary heroes> [GOLD]; he did not wake Baldr at all.
[7] inn vígdjarfi vísi ‘the battle-bold prince’: This phrase is nom. and so in apposition to gunnveitir ‘the battle-granter [warrior]’ in l. 1. Both phrases presumably refer to Hrólfr kraki.
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 |