Re: Hello and a Question

From: Haukur Thorgeirsson
Message: 3454
Date: 2003-08-14

> indefinite: ormr langr a long worm
> definite: ormrinn langi the long worm
> also definite: Eirikr langi long Eric or Eric the long
>
> Have I got that right?

Yeah, just about. But there are more possibilities:

langr ormr
ormr inn langi
inn langi ormr

And proper names don't always take the definite form.
These are all attested:

Eiríkr rauði
Illugi inn rauði
Þorsteinn rauðr

Kveðja,
Haukur

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