> Hmmm. Not so sure about "selr". I see what you mean though. I've
> emailed my lecturer so hopefully he will get back to me soon. Failing
> that, no doubt Haukur could put us out of our misery :-)

Hmm... I'm actually not so sure and can't give
a definite answer :)

In the old language the choice of subjunctive v. indicative
was more free and less rigid than in the modern version.

From a quick look it seems to me that the indicative in
'selr' is natural and tells us not only that they _plan_
to do this but that it actually happens.

Somewhat more vaguely the indicative in 'skal' can be taken
as indication that the thing they are planning to do (having
the king evaluate the bear) actually transpires.

In the modern written language we would probably use subjunctive
in both cases. In the spoken language the indicative is sometimes
used "incorrectly" where the subjunctive is called for.

(Perhaps 'spoken' and 'written' isn't the proper line to draw,
maybe 'educated' and 'less educated' would be more accurate.)

Kveðja,
Haukur