Greeting Hails

[Thorgeir Holm]

31.05.12 15.30 wrait Kevin Behrens:
> So, I would say, when greeting a male person it's: Hails. When greeting a female person: haila. When greeting a neuter thing (which is not often): Hailata. And in Plural: Hailai, m; Hailos, f; Haila, n.
> Would you agree with that? It appears logically that the forms are declined for persons.

In Old Norse we find plural forms, but only in combined greetings, as 
far as I can find, e.g. the majestic plural «Verit heilir, konungr!»

Þunragais
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