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
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Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 8:09
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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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