Journal of Germanic Linguistics Late Placement of the Finite Verb in ...
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246 Haukur orgeirsson<br />
(11) Gurúnarkvia I<br />
2.5–6 eygi Gurún /gráta mátti<br />
yet-not Gurún /cry could<br />
‘Yet Gurún could not cry.’<br />
4.10 ó ec e<strong>in</strong> lifi<br />
yet I alone live<br />
‘Yet I alone am (still) alive.’<br />
6.5–8 mínir siau synir /sunnan lanz,<br />
my.MASC.PL seven sons /south land.GEN<br />
/verr <strong>in</strong>n átti, /í val fello<br />
husband <strong>the</strong> eighth /<strong>in</strong> battle-sla<strong>in</strong>.ACC fell.PL<br />
‘My seven sons fell <strong>in</strong> battle <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> south, my husband was<br />
<strong>the</strong> eighth.’<br />
7.3–4 au á vági /v<strong>in</strong>dr <strong>of</strong> léc<br />
<strong>the</strong>y.NEUT.ACC on sea.DAT /w<strong>in</strong>d EXPL toyed<br />
‘The w<strong>in</strong>d toyed with <strong>the</strong>m on <strong>the</strong> sea.’<br />
8.5 at ec alt um bei<br />
this I all EXPL suffered<br />
‘All this I suffered.’<br />
21.1–2 Svá ér um la /landi eyit.<br />
so you EXPL people.ACC /land.DAT destroy<br />
‘In such a way you destroyed <strong>the</strong> people <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> country.’<br />
(12) Gurúnarkvia II<br />
1.2 móir mic fœddi<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r me raised<br />
‘My mo<strong>the</strong>r brought me up.’<br />
3.5 s<strong>of</strong>a eir né mátto<br />
sleep.INF <strong>the</strong>y.MASC not could-not<br />
‘They could not sleep.’
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