From: Haukur Thorgeirsson
Message: 3846
Date: 2003-11-21
> Greetings,When you see a preposition seemingly inexplicably following a verb like this you
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> I am wondering if anyone could explain the use of the word "upp" in the following sentence.
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> Hér hefur upp og segir frá þeim manni er Sigi er nefndur og kallaður að héti son Óðins.
> For that matter, the whole of the this first part of the setence isWell, 'segja frá' is another phrasal verb meaning "tell, relate".
> a bit difficult and I would be interested in hearing some thoughts
> on the construction of it.