Question on Lesson 1, Exer. 3.5

From: Mark Mellblom
Message: 1782
Date: 2002-03-07

A quick question about Solutions 1. Exer. 3.5

3.5
(E) A king is called Sigurðr. He owns a sword but not a horse. Óláfr is also
a king. He owns a horse. Sigurðr kills Óláfr and takes the horse.
(ON) Heitir konungr Sigurðr. Á hann brand en hest eigi. Óláfr heitir ok
konungr. Hest á hann. Sigurðr vegr Óláf ok tekr hestinn.
I would have translated this to Óláfr er ok konungr. and used 'to be'
instead of 'is called'.
Could you explain?
Thank you, I am enjoying the course.
Mark Mellblom

Next in thread: 1788
Previous message: 1781
Next message: 1783

Contemporaneous posts     Posts in thread     all posts