The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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<strong>impersonal</strong> and syn.ony.ms. liSkyi t'l is probably an<br />
+. -<br />
aCCUS2.ulve,<br />
57.<br />
direct object of ilra};: fr&ii.<br />
However, it could be a<br />
nomi::lative too.<br />
£~ttr<br />
AUG-unar vestfirzlca:<br />
~ /++ / / !'<br />
.. ., l.luu ser pat pa a, at ... " (p.133, 1.145)<br />
"yat!! anticipates the II ati'-clause 3<br />
/<br />
\I serH ..<br />
Veraa<br />
/ /<br />
rna sva e11I1. .. at .. • ., (p .. 133, 1.149 )<br />
which may be the sub ject of<br />
<strong>The</strong> HatH - clause may be the su1J ject of<br />
compare<br />
1 .. 145 above, but this seems llLlikely. In <strong>Icelandic</strong> a nou.llclause<br />
is often anticipated by another' noun-equivalent, a<br />
pl"'onoun suppressed or not, which is the subject of the <strong>verb</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> the clause which precedes the noun-clause.<br />
But there is<br />
no such pronoun here.<br />
-,c.. rnbigui ty arises when it is not clear from form whether<br />
a word is subject or object, e.g. uharill", or whether an<br />
ad<strong>verb</strong> can func ti on 8.S a sub ject, e.g.. II gott" •
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