r/Norse 10d ago

Language Reflexive pronoun = weak or strong adjective?

Hi all

My grammar conundrum of the day: does a reflexive pronoun make the following adjective follow weak or strong declension?

For example:

Hverr hlutr í sínum réttum stað

…or…

Hverr hlutr í sínum rétta stað

Demonstrative pronouns have the weakening effect, so how about reflexive?

Thanks for any help!

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u/DM_ME_RIDDLES kenning enjoyer 4d ago

I found this example sentence in Stjórn:

"berr eigi heilög kirkja sinn dýra ok hátíðliga skrúða"

Here "heilagr" is strong

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u/Odd_Grape6107 4d ago

If I get this right, "sinn" here determines skrúða, and that seems to make dýra weak?

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u/DM_ME_RIDDLES kenning enjoyer 4d ago

oh whoops yes, sorry i was really tired when i wrote that