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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Innsteinn Innkv 10VIII (Hálf 30)

[3] er ‘are’: Lit. ‘is’. The subject of the verb (eldar ‘fires’) is pl., but the verb sg.  It is not uncommon for the sg. of the 3rd pers. to be used with a pl. subject if the subject follows the verb or is separated from it by several words, as here; cf. NS §66 Anm. 3.

References

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

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