Ok inn fróði halr frétti lofða,
hvat und vatni væri niðri.
Ok, es engi þat annarr vissi,
sagði fylki fleinþollr spǫkum:
Ok inn fróði halr frétti lofða, hvat væri niðri und vatni. Ok, es engi annarr vissi þat, sagði fleinþollr spǫkum fylki:
And the wise man asked people what was further down beneath the lake. And, when nobody else knew that, the spear-fir [WARRIOR = Merlin] said to the sagacious king:
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 |