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Late Placement of the Finite Verb 251
17.1 Tenn hánom teygiaz
teeth him.DAT stretch.REFL
‘His teeth extend forward.’
29.1–2 ‘Vel ec’, qva Vlundr, /‘vera ec á fitiom’
well I said Vlundr /become I on webbed-feet
‘Good thing I’ll have my webbed feet’, said Vlundr.’ 9
29.5–6 Hlæiandi Vlundr /hófz at lopti.
laughing Vlundr /rose.REFL into air.DAT
‘Laughing did Vlundr rise into the air.’
29.7–8 grátandi Bvildr /gecc ór eyio
crying Bvildr /walked from island.DAT
‘Crying did Bvildr walk from the island.’
41.7–8 Ec vætr hánom /vinna kunnac
I nothing him.DAT /resist was-able-I
‘I was not at all able to resist him.’
41.9–10 ec vætr hánom /vinna máttac
I nothing him.DAT /resist could-I
‘I could not at all resist him.’
Native Poems (Codex Regius)
(17) Helgakvia Hjrvarssonar
1.5–7 ó hagligar /Hiorvarz konor
yet pretty.FEM.PL /Hiorvarr.GEN women
/gumnum iccia
/men.DAT seem
‘Yet Hiorvarr’s women seem pretty to men.’
9 This passage is obscure and also allows non-V2 violating interpretations.