From: Gaël DEEST
Message: 10452
Date: 2009-07-05
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> Hej, i got two examples here of time, the first one is dativ used (dögum):
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> Þat var á dögum Haralds konungs ins hárfagra, Hálfdanar sonar ins svarta, at
> sá maðr kom skipi sínu til Íslands í Breiðdal, er Hallfreðr hét.
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> and the second one is accusative used (nótt):
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> Ok eina nótt dreymdi hann, at maðr kom at honum ok mælti: "þar liggr þú,
> Hallfreðr, ok heldr óvarliga. Fœr þú á brott bú þitt ok vestr yfir
> Lagarfljót. Þar er heill þín öll,"
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> Which one scould i use? :s
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> Is the dögum in dative only becuase of á?
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> Well I dont study at university, so a detailed plain word explaination would
> be nice. but of course I'll be happy for alle the help i can get :b
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> thanks
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