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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Gill Lv 2VIII (Gautr 6)

[3] þetta eru banvæn býsn ‘this is a deadly portent’: There is lack of congruence between þetta (n. sg.) and eru banvæn býsn, where both verb and noun phrase are pl.; this is common after þat and þetta (cf. NS §68).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. NS = Nygaard, Marius. 1906. Norrøn syntax. Kristiania (Oslo): Aschehoug. Rpt. 1966.

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