Gripla - 01.01.1993, Síða 63

HRAFNS SAGA SVEINBJARNARSONAR AND STURLUNGA SAGA 63
addition is particularly common in the first few passages from Hrafns
saga in Sturlunga saga. It is clear that the compiler had the complete
Hrafns saga before him, since the information given is sometimes tak-
en almost verbatim from the earlier part of Hrafns saga not included
in Sturlunga saga (see examples I a 1-6 below).
I b. Secondly, as the compiler attempts to connect the Hrafns saga
material up with the other parts of his work, he sometimes adds refer-
ences to material found elsewhere in Sturlunga saga (see examples I b
1-3 below).
I c. Thirdly, the compiler occasionally adds a few words, as it seems,
to the reading of Hrafns saga proper, most of which are fairly in-
significant. Sometimes these occasional words are a result of his gener-
al abridgement of the text, when he has to rewrite a passage, some-
times in his own words (see examples I c 1-5 below).
I d. Fourthly and finally, there is occasionally to be found a fuller
reading in Sturlunga saga than that found in Hrafns saga proper, which
does not seem to fall under any of the above-mentioned groups (see
examples I d 1-8 below). For conclusions drawn from examples I d, see
pp. 67-68.
I a. Examples of added information sometimes taken verbatim from
the earlier part of Hrafns saga not included in Sturlunga saga.
I a 1. HrsGPH text reads: í Selárdal kom reyðarhvalr góðr ok mikill
á land þat, er Ragnheiðr átti.41 In Sturlunga saga the corresponding
passage reads: Ragnheiðr hét kona, dóttir Árons Bárðarsonar ins
svarta. Hon bjó í Selárdal.42 Par kom reyðr (reyðarhvalr St. IIp).43
I a 2. HrsGPH text reads: beiddi hann Lopt at gjalda;44 Sturlunga
saga adds: bróðr sinn after Lopt.45 A little later HrsGPH text (loc. cit.)
reads: Loptr galt féin af hendi, svá sem Gísli beiddi, bæði lQnd ok lausa
aura. Sturlunga saga (loc. cit.) reads: Loptr greiddi, sem Gísli beiddi,
bæði lpnd ok lausafé (lausa aura St. IIp), and St. IIp adds: Því at Loptr
var laungetinn.46
41 HrsGPH. p. 24.
42 This information has already been given, cf. HrsGPH, pp. 16-17.
43 St. I, 298.
44 HrsGPH, p. 24.
45 St., ibid.
46 This information about Loptur has already been given, cf. HrsGPH, p. 7.