Journal of Germanic Linguistics Late Placement of the Finite Verb in ...
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260 Haukur orgeirsson<br />
/sér óiafnan /sveik í tryggum.<br />
himself.DAT unequal.ACC /betrayed <strong>in</strong> truce.PL.DAT<br />
‘When Heriófr deceived Haraldr he betrayed someone not his<br />
equal <strong>in</strong> time <strong>of</strong> truce.’<br />
2.5–6 Ega drótt<strong>in</strong> /ndu rænti.<br />
Egar.GEN lord.ACC /breath.DAT robbed<br />
‘He robbed <strong>the</strong> lord <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Egar <strong>of</strong> life.’<br />
3.1–2 révetran mik /aan <strong>of</strong> flutti.<br />
three-w<strong>in</strong>ters-old.ACC me.ACC /from-<strong>the</strong>re EXPL moved<br />
‘He moved me from <strong>the</strong>re when I was three w<strong>in</strong>ters old.’<br />
15.5 svá ek af heiptum /hirvi beittak<br />
so I from hatred.PL.DAT /sword.DAT used-I<br />
‘So I used <strong>the</strong> sword <strong>in</strong> rage.’<br />
Poem Long l<strong>in</strong>es V2 violations Ratio<br />
Erfikvæi um Magnús berfœtt 80 0 0.0%<br />
Grottasngr 91 4 4.4%<br />
Hervararkvia 113 0 0.0%<br />
Hlskvia 96.5 1 1.0%<br />
Hrókskvia 104 0 0.0%<br />
Hyndluljó 195 5 2.6%<br />
Innste<strong>in</strong>skvia 96 0 0.0%<br />
Mannjafnar 85 1 1.2%<br />
Merlínússpá 749 9 1.2%<br />
Rígsula 183 3 1.6%<br />
Sigurarbálkr 161 1 0.6%<br />
Vikarsbálkr 102 4 3.9%<br />
Sum 2055.5 28 1.4%<br />
Table 3. Poems not <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Codex Regius.
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