Víst gleðr mik eitt, þótt vitir eigi,
jöfurr inn ógndjarfi, hvat um er at vera.
Munu systr mínar at nái gera
út á herskipum alla menn þína.
Víst gleðr mik eitt, inn ógndjarfi jöfurr, þótt vitir eigi, hvat um er at vera. Systr mínar munu gera alla menn þína at nái út á herskipum.
One thing certainly gladdens me, terror-bold prince, though you do not know how things stand. My sisters will turn all your men into corpses out on the warships.
[3] inn ógndjarfi jöfurr ‘terror-bold prince’: The same epithet, ógndjarfr ‘terror-bold’ or ‘battle-bold’ is often applied in a positive, approbatory sense to military leaders; cf. Sigv Lv 5/4I.
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 |