Herr tapaðiz Haralds ins egðska
ok menbrota mágar véltu,
Fjöri ok Fýri, Freka arfþegar,
Unnar bræðr eiðu minnar.
Herr Haralds ins egðska tapaðiz ok mágar, Fjöri ok Fýri, arfþegar Freka, bræðr Unnar eiðu minnar, véltu menbrota.
The army of Haraldr inn egðski (‘from Agder’) perished and the kinsmen, Fjǫri and Fýri, heirs of Freki, brothers of my mother Unnr, betrayed the necklace-breaker [GENEROUS MAN = Stórvirkr].
[2] Haralds ins egðska ‘of Haraldr inn egðski (“from Agder”)’: A Haraldr, king of Agder, termed Haraldr inn granrauði ‘Haraldr Red-whiskers’, is mentioned in Yng ch. 48 (ÍF 26, 79-80) as being killed by the Ynglingr ruler Guðrøðr, the subject of Þjóð Yt 25I. Guðrøðr asked for Haraldr’s daughter Ása in marriage but was refused. However, this man must be different from the Haraldr, father of Víkarr, in Gautr; see Context to Vík 3 (Gautr 11) below.
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 |