Answering a question about the development of the definite article ("the") in the Germanic languages, particularly the suffixed definite article of Scandinavian. Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic. He currently teaches in the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly at UCLA), and as of August 2017 he will be teaching at the University of Colorado Boulder. More about his Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/su4a8Qd4KO4 Jackson Crawford’s translation of the Poetic Edda: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624663567 Jackson Crawford's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/norsebysw