Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1970, Blaðsíða 336
310
f.5v of AM 445c,I shows a distinction between Ok, with a Capital, and
oc without (thus Ok at 5va33, 5vb31, which may be contrasted with Oc
earlier, at 4ral2), which also appears on f.l (Ok at lrb5,20)—another point
which seems to suggest that ff.2-5 were written before f.l. The same distinc-
tion is made in Hånd 3 of AM 564a (e.g. at 7va34), though here the oc form
is sometimes represented by the abbreviation, but Hånd 1 is confused
(so oc, 3ra35, ok 3vb40, but no cases of the Capital), and Hånd 2 uses c
in both positions.
Hånds 2 and 3 of AM 564a have a number of initial c spellings. In Hånd 2,
coma appears 7 times, against koma 8 times; in Hånd 3, com occurs twice
(7vb9,ll) against three cases of k in the same verb, and cona appears three
times (7ra28, 7rb7,14) against kona four times. There are no initial c spellings
in other words, and these may be due to the influence of writing in Latin,
where initial c is usual and words beginning with com- and con- are very
numerous.
2.9. Use of d.
As in most Mss. of this period, d has disappeared in its old sense, and
does not appear with the meaning d either, but in AM 445c,I it is used with
the probable meaning dd in næ dir, lval9 and od, 5ral7, where, however, the
reading od may have been intended. This usage also appears in AM 564a,
Hånd 2 (twice) and Hånd 3 (4 times).14 This unusual graph may result
from a confusion of d with the practice of indicating a double consonant
by means of a dot over the letter—although this is itself unusual over
the consonant d. At all events, it strengthens the resemblance between the
two fragments. Elsewhere, AM 445c,I uses single d, thus umeid (lrb37,38),
beidi (4ra22), Porodr (4rbl4); Hånd 1 of AM 564a uses dd, thus fæddiz
(lrbl6), Odda (4rall).
2.10. th spellings for t.
The word at is spelt ath 7 times in AM 445c,I (lra44, lrb4, 4ra7, 4ra33,
5vbl4, all at line-endings; also 3vbl8, 5vb22, the last in the fragment’s
second hånd, which has written only two lines), while ad appears twice
(lrbll, at a line-ending, and lrb27), against at 236 times. AM 445c,I also
shows the forms pangath (2vbl9, at a line-ending, but pangad at 3vbl8)
and olifath (4vbl3, at a line-ending). In AM 564a, Hånd 2 shows ath once
(6ra26, at a line-ending), beside ad twice (6va23, 6vb5), also giorth (5val5,
at a line-ending). These -th graphs are probably mere scribal flourish in
14 In Hånd 2: Rædu (5val2), hrædr (6rb32), also probably one retention of 4
in its old sense in fedgum (6va22), but the reading 4 is not eertain here.
In Hånd 3: fæd (past participle) (7ra25), rædi (7va21), greidiz (7vb30), fædi
(7vb30) (all past tenses). Hast (op. cit.) has apparently thought that all of these
were intended to be d, with the geminating dot, but all except the last are clear
under ultra-violet light.