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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Sigv Vestv 4I

[3] þeirs (m. nom. pl.) ‘who’: The acc. pl. variant þás would be grammatically more straightforward, as the pron. refers back to the acc. pl. búendr ‘farmers’. However, the reading of the main ms. is retained since a rel. pron. can take the case appropriate to the rel. clause, although this is rare (NS §260).

References

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

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