[5] of: Correct use of the expletive particle; see also sts 13/1, 19/7, 28/5 and Introduction above. Fidjestøl (1989b) largely confirms the conclusion of Kuhn (1929a) that the of-um particle is used with declining frequency between C9th and C13th; if so, Mhkv and Bjbp JómsI, not to mention Þry, are exceptional.
References
- Bibliography
- Kuhn, Hans (1899). 1929a. Das Füllwort of-um im Altwestnordischen: Eine Untersuchung zur Geschichte der germanischen Präfixe: Ein Beitrag zur altgermanischen Metrik. Ergänzungsheft zur Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen 8. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1989b. ‘Ekspletivpartikkelen som dateringskriterium: Forsøk i filologisk statistikk’. In Eithun et al. 1989, 46-64. Trans. with additions as ‘The Expletive Particle’ in Fidjestøl 1999, 207-30.
- Internal references
- Roberta Frank 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Málsháttakvæði’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1213. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1029> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Emily Lethbridge 2012, ‘ Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 954. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1122> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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