Hjþ Lv 9VIII (HjǪ 28)/3 — hitt ‘met’
Heill sittu, Hundingi, hef ek engan
þér æðra hitt undir heims skauti.
Ferr þín frægð um fégjafir;
því kom ek hingat hilmis at vitja.
Heill sittu, Hundingi, ek hef engan hitt æðra þér undir skauti heims. Frægð þín um fégjafir ferr; því kom ek hingat at vitja hilmis.
May you have good health, Hundingi, I have met no one more distinguished than you under the cover of the world [SKY]. Your reputation for gifts of money travels; and so I have come here to visit the ruler.
readings
[3] hitt: hittan ÍBR5ˣ
notes
[2] ek hef engan hitt ‘I have met no one’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) adds gram ‘prince’ after engan ‘no’, and is followed in this by FSGJ.
grammar
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |