I bought the book "A new introduction to old norse" and it is really great. but there is an example on page 36, I don't get becuase I don't understand the explanation.
Hon var hverri konu fríðari
"she was then-every woman more-beautiful"
"she was more beautiful than any other woman"
"Konu" (weak dat. f. sg) modified by "hverri", is the second proposition in a comparative structure - the proposition denoting the entitiy with which the comparison is made (i.e., taking every other woman as the basis - the standard by which "she" is to be judged - "she" is more beautiful); in Old Norse the basis og the comparison may be expressed either by the dative, as here, or by the conjuction "en" (than) (3.8, 3.8, 2.4) + the appropriate case.
I don't get the words "proposition" and "entity".
And i am unsure what they mean about "approproate case"
I don't know if it is dative or accusative.