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ANTHONY FAULKES
44 Grid: Hier set eg grid ... — Iíere is quoted the whole of the speech of Hafr
Þórarinsson, known as “Hafrsgrið”, a long legal formula which seems to have
had particular interest for 17th century readers, for there are several MSS
which contain it on its own.31 In SLR the quotation is accompanied by a
long summary of the context in Latin. The text of the quotation, as in most
17th century MSS, differs considerably from that of the vellum MSS, and
here again the closest texts are those of 1714 and 611. To show the great
changes that have come about in this passage in the copying of the saga, the
whole quotation is reproduced below, parallel with the text of the edition
(pp. 232—233) :32
Fornrit:
“Hér set ek grið,” segir hann,
“allra manna á millum, einkanliga
þessum sama Gesti til nefndum, er
hér sitr, ok at undir skilðum gll-
5 um goðorðsmpnnum og gildum1
bœndum, ok allrar alþýðu vígra2
manna ok vápnfærra, ok allir her-
aðsmenn í Hegranessþingi, eða
hvaðan sem hverir em at komnir,
10 nefndra manna eðaónefndra,hand-
SQlum grið ok fullan frið kvámu-
manni inum ókunna, er Gestr nefn-
isk, til gamans, glímu ok gleði
allrar, til hérvistar ok heimferðar,
15 hvárt er hann þarf at fara á legi
eða landi, at fari eða flutningi.
Skal hann hafa grið i Qllum stQð-
um, nefndum ok ónefndum svá
lengi sem hann þarf til heillar
SLR:
Hier set eg grid allra manna i
millum einkanliga ad tilnefndum
þessum sama gieste er hier situr,
og ad underskildum óllum Godords
5 Monnum og Bændum og so allri
alþydu ungra manna og vopnfærra;
Jeg og aller hierads menn i Hegra-
nessþyngi eda huadan huor er ad-
kominu nefndra manna edur
10 onefndra; Ilandsólum grid og full-
ann frid komu manne hinum okunna
er Giestur nefnist; til gamans og
glymu til glæde allrar til hier-
vistar og heimferdar huort er hann
15 þyrfte ad fara á lpge eda Lande
eder flutuinge, skal ham hafa grid
i óllum stódum nefndum og o-
nefndum, suo leingi sem hann þarf
til heillrar heimkomu ad holldnum
31 In the first edition of the saga, in Nockrer Marg-Frooder Sögu-Pætter
(1756), which generally follows a MS which must have been very similar to R.
698 (Uppsala University Library), if indeed it was not this MS itself, this pas-
sage was printed, not from a manuscript, but from the quotation in SLR. The
whole entry is also reprinted after SLR in the introduction to Resen’s edition
of LI pp. 2—6.
32 Except where stated otherwise in the notes, 1714 and 611 agree in all
readings with SLR.