The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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." . ~. ! h . "-./ ( ~ 03<br />
• • sva a~ oraKaul 1 verJu ~re. p.~ ,<br />
In this <strong>impersonal</strong> ex-pression, attention is drawn only to<br />
the creak<strong>in</strong>g rather than to what was mal{<strong>in</strong>g the crealc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
as well, Which 'would have been the case if the expression<br />
had been personally constructed.<br />
-<br />
pa<br />
/<br />
slgaoJ.<br />
. "".<br />
sva<br />
/<br />
al.l<br />
.... h<br />
onum. . . (\p. .. 10"" ULJ-, 1<br />
e./,<br />
00)<br />
Here the focus ilhonum ll is <strong>in</strong> en !latH phrase Ilat honum!!,<br />
which is unusual.<br />
.. . var p& mjQk komit at degi. (p.l05, 1 .. 118)<br />
Compare llLaxdoela sagail J<br />
Chap. 14= iI ... ok var stund til<br />
dags" Class V. Compare (VI, 269) Class V. III t was almost<br />
daw:rl." is the English render<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
This reference to dmvn~<br />
/<br />
com<strong>in</strong>g as it does just a:fter the formerly lIundead!l GlSJ11'S<br />
ashes have "been buri?d, sYID.oolises the dispell<strong>in</strong>g of 1:,he<br />
I<br />
gloom of Glam's presence.<br />
This is a clever Ii ter8.ry device.<br />
v&ttr im.Qunar vestfirzka:<br />
· ..<br />
er e.<br />
/l'x<br />
. elO varl /·t'.<br />
!IT • '" /" 1 II' t ~, '1 'I / 1 . x ../. t II<br />
.1..18lu a' equa s l passea oy'; . er a elO varl -, eq,ua_s<br />
1<br />
"when spr<strong>in</strong>g was pass<strong>in</strong>g byll, i .. e ..<br />
i'when spr<strong>in</strong>g was almost<br />
overll.<br />
Of. p.5, 1.22 (Class V).<br />
CLASS V (0):<br />
Impersonal wi th a prepositional phrase and<br />
the passive.<br />
Snorra Edda:<br />
· ..<br />
1,./<br />
.,va var<br />
1 • "-<br />
Koml l. ill J
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