The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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• • Ok sv'mikit sem honum p6tti fyrr fyrir •• (p.132, 1.104)<br />
/ / /"<br />
Oompare the cont<strong>in</strong>uation of' the guotation II jok nu miklu a," gove,<br />
where the Engli sh e gui valent sub j eet II i til refers to the same<br />
th<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
• • at m~r myndi eigi misl{ka at ••• (p.133, 1.130)<br />
Compare Itl1kal! which is always used <strong>impersonal</strong>ly. <strong>The</strong> IIrnyndi ll ,<br />
as <strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>e 84 above, aDI)earS to <strong>in</strong>dicate tense rather than<br />
-".<br />
modali ty •<br />
.. 0 pv{ at tignum m~nnQm somir at piggja. (p.134, 1.158)<br />
OLASS III (a): Impel" sonal vvi th <strong>in</strong>direct ob ject and a modal <strong>verb</strong>.<br />
Snorra Edda:<br />
/ / /<br />
o • potti per se<strong>in</strong>t lloa. (p.16, 1.374)<br />
<strong>The</strong> English subj ect would be II timel! •<br />
Hrafnke1s saga:<br />
I<br />
• • at mer pykkir par heimskmTI mar~i at duga. (pe67, 1.262)<br />
<strong>The</strong> familiar pattern of I!pykkja;l plus dative is follovved b~l<br />
an.<br />
<strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>i tive prrt'2..se 11 at duga li ,<br />
which would be rendered <strong>in</strong> English<br />
by a nQ1.J.TI clause b eg<strong>in</strong>J'.1<strong>in</strong>g II tha t I am help<strong>in</strong>g" •<br />
~nnU-Nj£lS saga:<br />
./ / ./<br />
• • sva at potti peim meo odoemuTI miklum vera. (pe88, 1.21)<br />
Parts of lIpykkja tl<br />
are often used <strong>impersonal</strong>ly, as h8.s been said<br />
before. (p.96, 1 .. 257)<br />
/ I<br />
Nu er peili lit at ganga ~llum<br />
er leyft er •. Classes<br />
III (a) and III CD). ( q. v .. )<br />
<strong>The</strong> first If er" is modal here; it implies compulSion.
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