Re[2]: [norse_course] Njall 142 part 5 - - Grace's translation

At 7:55:26 AM on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, AThompson wrote:

> Subject: [norse_course] Njall 142 part 5 - - Grace's
> translation

> sögð fram sök,

> declaration of a case

> Here I think sögð is past participle of segja, rather than
> a noun, but I´m not sure why there has been a vowel
> mutation.

Because it's modifying the feminine noun <sök>. At an
earlier stage of the language the feminine nominative
singular had a <-u> suffix in the strong adjectival
inflection; it was lost, but not before causing u-mutation
of <a>.

Brian