Questions & Answers about Í góðu brúðkaupi er mikil gleði og lítil sorg.
Í is a preposition that can take either the accusative or the dative case:
- Accusative = movement into something
- Ég fer í húsið. – I go into the house.
- Dative = location / state in something
- Ég er í húsinu. – I am in the house.
In the sentence Í góðu brúðkaupi er mikil gleði og lítil sorg, we are talking about what is in a good wedding (a state/location, not movement).
So í governs the dative case, and the noun appears as brúðkaupi (dative singular), not brúðkaup.