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The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic

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pre tlerll is used; this is <strong>in</strong> the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal<br />

context.<br />

/ / /<br />

pVJ. ok heim a skalavegg<strong>in</strong>n var skotit<br />

o Class V.<br />

This <strong>impersonal</strong> construe<br />

focus <strong>in</strong> the dative, g~ves<br />

the emphasis <strong>in</strong> mean<strong>in</strong>g to ce between the shed<br />

wall of the house be spanned by the beam, rather the<br />

beam itself.<br />

. .. mun css vanda1"a gg1"t en " . ( - 03 -, -, L· ~ '\<br />

'" P .,.,J , J. .. ..L :-..-1 I<br />

<strong>The</strong> is IImun vera!l. is a veo "GortH is used<br />

as<br />

past participle of II gpral! •<br />

..<br />

N-D. e1" peim ft at ganga 81'"<br />

Compare lILaxdoe la saga", •<br />

talask violl .. (Class III (-0) ).<br />

II<br />

$ ..<br />

er. - ( p .. 06<br />

.7,<br />

1<br />

.......<br />

2r~' J().<br />

ex okl~r<br />

/<br />

er pa leyft<br />

Uxa e<strong>in</strong>Ufll verite (p.97, 1 .. 303)<br />

, i8_ dative.<br />

Grettis saga:<br />

/<br />

Val" pa f<br />

b<br />

,/ /'<br />

t upp a hus<strong>in</strong> ok 1"'i<br />

t h83lunum,<br />

I'<br />

• • • • pa Ve.r'<br />

t<br />

anum<br />

of an at'<br />

ok til dura gengit. (p.103, 1.46) Also Class V (b)<br />

<strong>in</strong> three places. t~.v •<br />

• p .. 10l, 1,,27 (Class I) .. ersonal eA~resses the<br />

mysteriousness of the gO<strong>in</strong>gs-on<br />

their source: what map~er<br />

of elf can be makir~ ses? <strong>The</strong> <strong>impersonal</strong> also<br />

full attention to be d the nOises, because is

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