Hi there,

Nothing wrong here.

"og fór með [honum: dat.] hundur."
The pronoum [honum] is omitted. See Redundance.
You get the point.

Thanks Uoden.

"--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "naddr_risi" <emironen@...>
wrote:

>
> Here is an excerpt (normalized) from some "þætti":
>
> Sáu þeir þá hvar maðr gekk með vatninu, mikill ok þrýstinn, rak hann
> saman fé ok fór með hundr. Leizt þeim maðrinn ógurligr ok skaut þegar
> skelk í bringu.
>
> The problem is with the expression "ok fór með hundr". You might have
> guessed there should be Dative, "hundi", but all 3 available MSS have
> -r beyond any reasonable doubt. Even 2 of them, distinguishing the so
> called "r rotunda" imply -ur (as you may expect in modern writing).
> Any propositions ?
>