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Anon Alpost 5^VII l. 1

þessa — of this

lemma:

1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

readings:

[1] þessa: ‘þesse’ 721

notes:

[1] þessa (m. gen. sg.) ‘of this’: Ms. ‘þesse’ (m. nom. sg.) ‘this’. Finnur Jónsson and Kock emend to þessa, m. gen. sg., modifying Jóns, interpreting ll. 1-2 as ‘James, brother of this John’ (i.e. the Apostle referred to in the preceding st.). The ms. reading might alternatively be retained and the passage read: ‘this James, John’s brother’, i.e. James the Great, as opposed to James the Less, the subject of st. 8 below. The detail that James the Great was John’s older brother derives ultimately from scripture (cf. Matt. IV.21; Mark I.19; Acts XII.2).

kennings:

grammar:

Pronouns and determiners: sjá/þessi (this)

		masc.	fem.	neut.
sing.	N A G D	sjá/þessi þenna/þennan þessa þessum	sjá/þessi þessa þessar þessi/þessari	þetta/þettað þetta/þettað þessa þessu
pl.	N A G D	þessir þessa þessa þessum	þessar þessar þessa þessum	þessi þessi þessa þessum