Context: Cited as an example of prolepsis ('prolemsis'), which Óláfr defines as follows (TGT
1927, 66): Prolemsis er uppnumning margfalligra hluta þeira, er síðan eru einfalliga greindir
'Prolepsis is the anticipation of multiple things which later are recorded singly', which seems
to refer to the use of a verb in plural form for singular subjects (cf. OED: prolepsis 1). In order
to clarify the point, Óláfr adds a prose word order rendering of the half-stanza, including the
singular form of the verb (TGT 1927, 66): tveir hrafnar flugu af ǫxlum Hnikars, Huginn flaug …

Context: Cited as an example of antonomasia, that is, the use of a common noun for a
proper noun (TGT 1927, 78): Antonomasia setr sameiginligt nafn fyrir eiginligu nafni
'Antonomasia puts a common noun in place of a proper noun'. This is the first of three types
of antonomasia (see Note to [All] below), in this case a non-physical (af ǫnd 'by the spirit')
attribute. The other two are illustrated by Anon (TGT) 31 and 32. Here the word grimmhugaðr
'fierce-minded'is used for the name of the person in question, which Óláfr identifies as Þórr …