The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
The impersonal verb in Old Icelandic
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of an ordered life. However, it_ is implied that the<br />
source of' this harmony of life is hidden <strong>in</strong> mystery.<br />
'rhe frequent occurrence of the <strong>impersonal</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Icelandic</strong> wi th the weight on the <strong>verb</strong> suggests that<br />
Icelan:iers placed a premium on action and. evaluated<br />
a person very much by his conduct; vihile the <strong>impersonal</strong><br />
reference to the All-High, be He for them God or Fate,<br />
seelliS to suggest that Icelanders stood <strong>in</strong> great awe of<br />
the S-Llpernatural and regarded Him as hidden <strong>in</strong> lofty<br />
m;:/stery.
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