The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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52.<br />
GLASa VI: Impersonal perhaps - ruubieQous cases.<br />
8no1"1"8. Edcta:<br />
· ..<br />
./ .J- X l<br />
en pat korn asaml.. meo gL_um. • •<br />
( \<br />
\p.5, 1 .. 29)<br />
"patH is the subject of' lIkom", but is it an <strong>impersonal</strong><br />
subject correspond<strong>in</strong>g with English "it"?<br />
Here the real<br />
doer of' the action is lIallr!1 -<br />
'!all l1 (the gods); but this is<br />
put <strong>in</strong> a phra.se "me6 gllum ll dependent on a <strong>verb</strong>, perhaps<br />
<strong>impersonal</strong>ly constructed.<br />
This is a t;ypical <strong>Icelandic</strong><br />
construction ..<br />
· .<br />
I<br />
ok eill1 vreri mal at sofa. (-" l"l<br />
\ -L-' • ~-l...,<br />
/<br />
Is flmall! the subject or merely apposite to an <strong>impersonal</strong><br />
one?<br />
Eigi<br />
/<br />
potti<br />
/<br />
mer<br />
, • T' .;- • -, ,- - t (-" 1 6<br />
ill"\,,., mlnl.!.a verso ver •• -\1-'''-'- ,<br />
"Hi tt li is obviously the S1;."""bject~ is it <strong>impersonal</strong>ly used<br />
here, correspond<strong>in</strong>g to the English <strong>impersonal</strong> I'i ttl?<br />
.. • ok vannsk hcnura verlig8. lengo<strong>in</strong> til ••• (p.16, 1.383)<br />
Is 1I1engo<strong>in</strong> i / subject or o-bject? If sU-bject, the construction<br />
is not i:r;~personal;<br />
if object, the sub ject and construction<br />
must be <strong>impersonal</strong>.<br />
• • at eigi herir S! or'o's,,; t (-, 16<br />
a .J- ••• \~. ,<br />
/<br />
Is lisa!! an <strong>impersonal</strong> or personal subject?<br />
.... pykkir mgnnum pat miki t me<strong>in</strong>.(p.17, 1.416)<br />
We are not sure Yvhether IIpatil is the subject of' "pykkir 1i
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