The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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