Heill Pelle,

It is from Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Þáttr af Ragnars Sonum, chapter 3.
It's online at:

http://server.fhp.uoregon.edu/norse/

The New Intro to Old Norse Glossary gives the pp. of láta as látinn. Is
látit an alternate form?

best regards,

-Alfta



Látit is obviously pp. of láta. However, the sentence
looks rather strange. Would you mind quoting the source
of this, so I can first make sure it is correct?

Regards
Pelle

>From: "Alfta" <alfta@...>
>Reply-To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
>To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [norse_course] látit
>Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:43:11 -0500
>
> Heill!
>
>I have a word or probably a phrase, if I am correct, that is giving me
>problems translating.
>
>Áslaug svaraði: "Mörg langskip máttu þér hafa gera látit með verði þessa
>knarra.
>
>
>
>The word specifically is látit that I am having problems with and I
>suspect that hafa gera látit may be a phrase of some kind that has an
>understood meaning instead of a direct translation. Is this the case?
>Is látit the neuter acc. of lát with def. art.? My attempt at
>translation this is:
>
>Aslaug answered: "Many a longship you can there "have given the loss??"
>(and) by means of turn away these ships.
>
>While I am asking, verði - 3rd person pres. pl. subj. of verða? To be
>honest the whole sentence is difficult. Am I any where close?
>
>- Alfta
>Northvegr: The Northern Way
>http://www.northvegr.org <http://www.northvegr.org/>
>
>
>
>

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