Re: Njall 147 end + beginning 148 / Alan's Translation

At 7:59:42 AM on Friday, September 25, 2009, AThompson
wrote:

> Here’s my translation.

> Brian, many thanks for comments on last section. One
> follow up question, if I may re:

> CV s.v. <góðr> (III) has <fara með góðu> 'to bring good',
> and another edition has <Þeir sögðu hann mundu hafa gott
> ørendi>, …

> I’m a bit puzzled by the form of <munu> in both editions.
> I would have expected <mundi> to agree with <hann>. Isn’t
> <mundu> 3rd pers plural?

Here it's the preterite infinitive. You can see a few other
examples of the construction at the end of the first
paragraph of CV s.v. <munu>. If you have Barnes, _A New
Introduction to Old Norse_, you'll find this discussed in
3.9.4, Accusative and infinitive, especially p. 239.

Brian