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tíðenda #383

Closed joelcw closed 13 years ago

joelcw commented 13 years ago

"þá er þetta er tíðenda, ..." This is a common introductary formula in jomsvíkingasaga: what form is "tíðenda"? Is this a genitive for some reason?

eirikurr commented 13 years ago

Yes, "tíðenda" is gen.pl. of "tíðendi", now "tíðindi" (which is never used in the singular). Fritzner says: "er þetta var tíðenda dvs. da dette foregik [while this was happening], især om Begivenheder af Vigtighed [especially about important events]"

joelcw commented 13 years ago

Thanks. For now I will do this as an NP-PRD immediately dominating only a NP-POS, which is more or less the way we do partitive genitives. Closing.