Abstract
The poem Deor is subdivided into six sections, each of which is concluded by the refrain þæs ofereode þisses swa mæg. There is no break to be recognised at line 34: line 35 is the direct continuation of lines 28–34. The grammatical analysis of the refrain þæs ofereode þisses swa mæg requires the assumption of an unexpressed subject of general meaning like ‘thing, affair’ for each of the two half-lines: the genitive of the demonstrative se in the a-halfline refers back to the misfortune mentioned in the immediately preceding lines, whereas the genitive of the demonstrative þes in the b-halfline refers to the first person speaker of the poem.
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