At 11:43:37 AM on Monday, December 21, 2009, Fred and Grace
Hatton wrote:
> Þrasvík á Katanesi
I was curious and did some digging: this appears to be
modern Freswick in Caithness.
> Það segja menn að þau yrðu ævilok Flosa ad hann ...
> People say it that they ?? became of Flosi that he ...
People say that it would be Flosi's death that he ...
The reason for the plural pronoun (<þau>) and verbal
inflection (<yrðu>, older <yrði>) is that <ævilok> 'life's
end, death' is a plural.
Brian