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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Mv II 21VII

[4] listuga (adj., f. or n. acc. sg.) ‘the graceful one’: Skj B and Wrightson treat this as an adj. qualifying víf (n. acc. sg.) ‘lady’. That construction is ungrammatical, because víf ‘lady’ is n., and the adj. ending must be strong (-t; see ljúft ‘gentle’). Listuga is therefore better interpreted as a substantival adj. with a weak ending (see NS § 56, Anm.).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. NS = Nygaard, Marius. 1906. Norrøn syntax. Kristiania (Oslo): Aschehoug. Rpt. 1966.

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