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Note to Ólhv Frag 5III

[All]: The attribution of this fragment to Óláfr is based on the similarity with the corresponding text and example in the Doctrinale of Alexander of Villa Dei. The following has been identified by Wellendorf (forthcoming) as the source for this section of TGTCum collectivo iunctum plurale sylempsim | assignant aliqui: ‘plebs ista parant equitare’. | sed magis est propria constructio: ‘plebs parat ire’ (Reichling 1893, 164, ll. 2458-60) ‘Some assign [i.e. term it] sylempsis when a plural is connected with a collective: “this mass of people prepare itself to ride”. But a more proper construction is “the mass of people prepares to go” (Wellendorf [forthcoming]).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Reichling, Dietrich, ed. 1893. Das Doctrinale des Alexander de Villa-Dei. Monumenta Germaniae paedagogica 12. Berlin: A. Hofmann & Comp. Rpt. 1974. Burt Franklin Research and Source Works Series, Studies in the History of Education 11. New York: Burt Franklin.
  3. Internal references
  4. (forthcoming), ‘ Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, The Third Grammatical Treatise’ in Tarrin Wills (ed.), The Third Grammatical Treatise. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=32> (accessed 27 April 2024)

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