Re: Njall 136 part 2 / Alan's Translation

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 10215
Date: 2009-04-24

At 6:07:50 AM on Friday, April 24, 2009, AThompson wrote:

> Brian, Re:

> (I'd have expected <fœrið>, the 2nd person plur.
> subjunctive of <fara>.)

> I think færið is Modern Icelandic spelling.

Yes, <færið> is the modern Icelandic spelling of <fœrið>,
but what we got was <færuð>. Ah, now I see: your <færið>
here is a typo for <færuð>. (I just checked Stefán
Einarsson, _Icelandic_, which confirms that the ending is
now <-uð> rather than <-ið>; apparently it was transferred
from the past indicative.)

Brian

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