Note to Anon (FoGT) 42III
[1] þann ‘that one who’: Demonstrates loss of the rel. particle er in the combination dem. + rel. particle (NS §261). Björn Magnússon Ólsen (FoGT 1884, 293 n. 1) suggested adding the rel. particle er to W’s þann on the ground that the scribe of FoGT does not elsewhere demonstrate loss of the rel. particle after a dem. He has been followed by Skj B, Skald and FoGT 2004. However, in a C14th text, this loss would not be unexpected. The referent of þann (l. 1) is God and the allusion is to Gen. III.8, in which Adam and Eve are said to hear the voice of God as he walked in the garden of Eden in the cool of the day. The allusion is also to the first humans’ sinful condition, having eaten the forbidden fruit and having hidden themselves because they were afraid to come face to face with God.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NS = Nygaard, Marius. 1906. Norrøn syntax. Kristiania (Oslo): Aschehoug. Rpt. 1966.
- FoGT 1884 = Björn Magnússon Ólsen, ed. 1884. Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda tilligemed de grammatiske afhandlingers prolog og to andre tillæg. SUGNL 12. Copenhagen: Knudtzon.
- FoGT 2004 = Longo, Michele, ed. [2004]. ‘Il Quarto Trattato Grammaticale Islandese: Testo, Traduzione e Commento’. Dottorato di Ricerca in ‘Linguistica Sincronica e Diacronica’ (XV Ciclo). Palermo: Università degli Studi di Palermo, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, The Fourth Grammatical Treatise’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=34> (accessed 24 April 2024)