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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Kolb Jónv 2VII

[5-8]: Although this helmingr contains two subjects (þú ‘you’ and móðir ‘mother’) the verb form stótt (2nd pers. sg. pret. indic. of standa ‘to stand’) is congruent with þú. This phenomenon may occur when the verb precedes subjects in differing persons: in such cases the verb agrees with the subject nearest to it (in this case þú, cf. NS §69).

References

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

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