Saell Haukur
That looks interesting  - may I join in
 
"And a little after that Gautrek begot a child with his wife, and he was a boy-child
and was the father of a king" -
or does it mean that he was fathered by a king
 
I wonder would they make a point of that - Mrs. Gautrek - would not have been
unfaithful - ??  not even with a king
I am just home from College and just noticed this I like to take part when I can
Kveðja
Patricia
 
-------Original Message-------
 
Date: 06/01/2009 14:27:03
Subject: RE: [norse_course] Lesson question
 
Indeed. But here's a tricky little passage from Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar,
describing the birth of the eponymous hero:
 
"Ok eigi miklu síðar getr Gautrekr barn við konu sinni. Þat var sveinbarn
ok var færðr konungi."
 
What do you make of that?
 
Regards,
Haukur
 
 
> bátr (boat) is, grammatically, a masculine noun. Any pronoun that refers
> to bátr must also be, grammatically, masculine, in all cases, and both
> singular and plural. Hence, hann (nominative masculine singular) is here
> used to refer to ‘it’, ie hann may be translated into English as either
> ‘he’ or ‘it’ depending on whether the noun to which it refers, while
> grammatically masculine, is in the real world masculine or genderless.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
> Alan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, 5 January 2009 3:12 PM
> Subject: [norse_course] Lesson question
>
> I am working on the lessons from hi.is. In lesson 2, part of the
> exercise is to translate:
>
> Óláfr á bát. Hann heitir Ormr.
>
> I am thinking that it is supposed to be:
>
> Olaf owns a boat. It is called Ormr.
>
> But the original uses the pronoun "hann," where I'm thinking it
> should be "þat." Otherwise, wouldn't it be, "he is called Ormr?"
>
> Óláfr á bát. "þat" heitir Ormr.
>
> Nominative case: I you he she it
> Accusative case: me you him her it
>
> Nominative case: ek þú hann hon þat
> Accusative case: mik þik hann hana þat
>
> Thank you!
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