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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Keth Lv 21VIII (Ket 37)

[2] vorðinn ‘become’: This form of the p. p. orðinn shows initial [v] in analogy to the inf. verða ‘become’ (ANG §§253 Anm. 1, 490 Anm. 3-4). The usual form with loss of [v] preceding a back vowel ([o], [u]) appears in the readings of 340ˣ and 471 at l. 6.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.

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