‘Verðr at blóði brunnr inn fagri;
þós á grundu gnótt hvers konar.
En á holmi hildingar tveir
berjask of brúði bjarthaddaða;
sús í víðri Vaðbatúli.
‘Inn fagri brunnr verðr at blóði; þós gnótt hvers konar á grundu. En tveir hildingar berjask á holmi of bjarthaddaða brúði; sús í víðri Vaðbatúli.
‘The fine spring turns to blood; yet there is every kind of bounty on the earth. And two leaders fight on an island over a bright-haired woman; she is in broad Vadum batuli.
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 |