Honum - dat. sing. (to) him
poss. dat  - í andlit honum   - into his face  /  or /   ór höndu  honum - out of his hands
 
Hope this is of use to you  the little ö is instead of the little o with a squiggle - which my
Character Map won't let me make
Patricia
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Humbert
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: [norse_course] "honum"

Does anyone know what the word "honum" means?  As in this sentence from the Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda:

Frá honum er þat sagt at hann gaf einni farandi konu at launum skemmtunar sinnar eitt plógsland í ríki sínu þat er fjórir öxn drægi upp dag ok nótt.

Is this word a pronoun or an oft-used word that appears in different forms (like a verb conjugation) so looking it up in the Norse/English dictionary wouldn't show an entry with that form of the wrod?

Thanks.

scott





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