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Sweet, Henry, 1845-1912

"Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary"

' is frequent. Cp. our 'drive a nail home.'
l. 94. *sv??* refers to _ok ef allir hlutir..._, the _ok_ being
pleonastic.
l. 108. *hvar*, cp. 2. 46.
l. 113. *karl*, 'old man,' here = Odin.

V. H?’??INN AND HEGNI
l. 6. *H?“?°inn* = hann; this use of a proper name instead of a
pronoun is frequent.
l. 9. *??ar*. Cp. 1. 3.

VI. THE DEATH OF OLAF TRYGGVASON
l. 17. *sv?? at*, so that, i.e. just when.
l. 30. *er*, namely that.
l. 33. *austan at sigla*, is in a kind of apposition to
_f?™r?°ina_.
l. 40. *sv??*, also.
l. 48. *muni fyrir*, awaits you, is impending.
l. 53. *meira*, adv., better, faster.
l. 149. *bar hann h??tt*, impers. w. acc.; he was in a conspicuous
place.
l. 244. *vi?° fimt??nda mann*, one of fifteen, with fourteen men.
l. 259. *v??pna* is governed by the second half of the genitival
compound _kl?¦?°a-b?«na?°_, which is here considered as two
independent words.

VII. AU??UN
l. 17. *var fyrir*, was to be found.
l. 26. *tvau ver?° sl?«k*, double the price you gave.


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