‘Kalla mun Kónan Káðvaládrus
ok skilfinga* Skotlandi af.
Rýkr af grimmu Gǫndlar éli;
verðr it mikla malmþing háit.
‘Káðvaládrus mun kalla Kónan ok skilfinga* af Skotlandi. Rýkr af grimmu éli Gǫndlar; it mikla malmþing verðr háit.
‘Cadwallader will summon Conan and kings from Scotland. Smoke will rise from the savage storm of Gǫndul <valkyrie> [BATTLE]; the great metal-encounter [BATTLE] will be waged.
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 |