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I b 2. HrsGPH texí reads: synir Hrafns váru þá svá ungir, at þeir
máttu eigi vera vígsakaraðilarnir.58 Sturlunga saga adds: En þó man
nqikkut verða sagt frá þeim síðar.59
I b 3. In HrsGPH text the slaying of Hrafn is said to have happened:
átta nóttum eptir Matthiasmessu.60 Sturlunga saga adds: allan einn vetr
ok veginn var Hallr Kleppjárnsson á jólafQstu. Þá er Hrafn var veg-
inn.61
I c. Examples of added word(s) in Sturhmga saga as it seems to the
text of Hrafns saga proper.
I c 1. When Hallkatla Einarsdóttir sees a mysterious light the com-
piler of Sturlunga saga omits the description as it appears in Hrafns
saga proper,62 and simply says that the light was: mikit (great) and
adds: eitt sinn (once).63
I c 2. HrsGPH text reads: písl Andreas postula.64 Sturlunga saga
adds: heilags, before Andreas.65
I c 3. HrsGPH text reads: gekk inn (i.e. Hrafn gekk inn) ok sagði at
menn.66 Sturlunga saga adds: mpnnum til, after sagði.67
I c 4. HrsGPH text reads: ganga suðr til hjálpar.68 Sturlunga saga
adds: til Róms, after suðr.69
I c 5. HrsGPH text reads: var hann (i.e. Hrafn) tekinn ok haldinn.70
Sturlunga saga adds: þegar, after hann; and St. I furthermore adds:
gjQrr hand-.71
I d. Examples of a fuller reading in Sturlunga saga, which does not
fall under any of the previous groups (see below).
58 HrsGPH, p. 45.
59 St. I, 317.
60 HrsGPH, p. 43.
61 St. I, 315.
62 HrsGPH, p. 39.
63 St. I, 311.
64 HrsGPH, p. 41.
65 St. I, 313.
66 HrsGPH p. 41.
67 St. I, 313.
68 HrsGPH, p. 42.
69 St. I, 314.
70 HrsGPH, p. 43.
71 St. I, 314.
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