[All]: The zeugma here occurs because one verb governs several nouns (TGT 1927, 67): Þetta orð, sé, styrir ǫllum þessum nǫfnum, vegr lof megn máttr vald ‘This word “may ... be” governs all these nouns: “honour,” “praise,” “power,” “might,” “strength”’.
References
- Bibliography
- TGT 1927 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1927b. Óláfr Þórðarson: Málhljóða- og málskrúðsrit. Grammatisk-retorisk afhandling. Det kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-filologiske meddelelser 13, 2. Copenhagen: Høst.