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whereas Jóhanna Barðdal (1992) indicates that dative is the natural
case with hræra saman ‘stir together’, citing hræra þurrefnunum
saman as an illustrative example. The difference between accusative
and dative seems to reflect the degree of mixing: the more the items
retain their individual integrity, the more likely they are to be marked
accusative rather than dative (thus items sewn, glued or nailed togeth-
er can still be individually identified). Helgi Skúli Kjartansson (p.c.)
offers the following comment (translations of example sentences
added — JM):
Dative is a more natural choice if different things are mixed: hræra
saman skyrinu og rjómanum ‘mix the skyr and the cream together’,
whereas accusative is natural for further mixing what is already a mix-
ture, thus:
Hrœrðu betur saman þessa blöndu ‘Stir this mixture together better
Hrœrðu þurrefnin betur saman ‘Stirthe dry ingredients together better
where betur suggests that they have already been combined. Also:
Þú ert ekki búinn að hrœra þetta nógu vel saman!
‘You haven’t stirred this well enough together.’
This is certainly a grey area, where there is considerable idiolectal
variation, and grammaticality judgments are far from absolute.
4.9 Miscellaneous semantic classes
Some miscellaneous semantic classes are listed in the following sub-
sections.
4-9.1 Verbs of marrying
Verbs of marrying typically take a dative object, including the ditran-
sitive gifta ‘marry off’:
(115) Hann gifti dóttur sína ríkum manni.
‘He married his daughter(A) [off to a] rich man(D).’
Verbs in this semantic class include giftast e-m ‘marry, get married to’,
kvænast ‘marry (a woman)’,32 trúlofast e-m ‘get engaged to’.
3' The verb kvcenast is etymologically related to the noun kona ‘woman’ and thus
nteans ‘marry to a woman’. The verb giftast is etymologically related to the verb gefa