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Phrasal and Compound Verbs in Early North Germanic

Bernard Mees

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One of the characteristic features of Old Norse is the loss of unstressed preverbs and hence a great reduction in the number of compound verbs inherited from Proto-Germanic. Yet interpretations that assume the existence of verb-particle constructions are often invoked by runologists suggesting the development of a new type of verbal formation in early North Germanic. The appearance of both phrasal and compound verbs in early runic inscriptions may represent evidence of a language where both object-verb and verb-object phenomena were common. This paper reassesses the early runic evidence for phrasal and compound verbs, particularly in light of a 1999 find from the Nydam bog and recent syntactic scholarship.

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Bernard Mees

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Mees, B. (2025). Phrasal and Compound Verbs in Early North Germanic. https://doi.org/10.33063/futhark.14.1069

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Tahun Terbit: 2025
Bahasa: en
Sumber Database: CrossRef
DOI: 10.33063/futhark.14.1069
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