Re: Njal 38 end - - ...at ýmsir eigi högg í garði

From: llama_nom
Message: 7721
Date: 2007-01-09

http://www.usask.ca/english/icelanders/proverbs_BNS.html

'eigi' = present subjunctive 3rd person plural of the verb 'eiga'.
'ýmsir' = masculine nominative plural of the adjective 'ýmiss'.
Is 'högg' singular or plural? I'm not sure.

So maybe something like:

"...that each side alternately will have a blow/strike/cut in the house"
"...that each [of us] by turns will suffer a blow to their household"
"...that there will be blows struck on either side"

How much is the idea of alternation explicit; or does 'ýmsir' just
mean "either side"?

LN

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