Heill A~ !

>--- In norse_course@..., keth@... wrote:
>> Otherwise you'd have to write EITHER
>> verk ok meira verk OR verki ok meiri verki.
>> But I am not an Icelnder, and this is just my guess.
>
>
>I have a question,
>when is a noun (verki) its form, f, m, n, contingent on the sentence.
>
>Is it when you have a masculine noun, the verb or pronoun would also
>have to be m? There is some dependency and many ON sentence on form.
>
>Just looking at the above two example, verki ok meiri verki looks
>right to me but is its form based on anything?
>Any thoughts?

For this you need to know about the 3 degrees:

much more most
little less least
good better best

(I am sure you know more examples)

The middle one is called the "comparative".
The rule in ON is that an adjective in the comparative mode
receives the weak endings. The weak endings are actually
quite easy to memorize:

m f n
N i i a
G a i a
D a i a
A a i a


(and for the plurals there is an even easier scheme: -um if dative,
otherwise -i)

In the presnt case use the upper row (N), and select (m) or (n)
for verki and verk. Then add the endings to meir-. You then
obtain meiri and meira.

KeÞ.