Heill Tim

The -r at the end of Baldr is part of the stem.
Therefore, it dosen't drop off.

The paradigm would be:
nom Baldr (the -r of the ending is assilimated)
acc Baldr
dat Baldri
I wont go into the gen case yet. I hope this has
helped.

Rob

--- tsdoughty@... wrote:

> OK, I've got a question which has been bothering me
> for some time, and which
> is appropriate for our beginner's level.
>
> Many names, like nouns in the strong masculine
> declension, end in -r, which
> drops out in other cases.
>
> e.g. �l�fr �l�f �l�fi (nom. acc. dat.)
>
> But why not the name Baldr?
>
> In Voluspa we get "Ek s� Baldri", not "Ek s� Baldi"
>
> Different declension?
>
> Tim
>
>
>

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