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Before /, h is preserved in hlu[ti] 2r9, hly6n[ir] lr7, but it has been lost in
ly}ja lr7.
In unstressed position g is twice written as c: dac lvl5, 2r24.
3. The medio-passive ending is written z in about 2/3 of its occurrences:
beRiaz 1 r9, syndez 1 v31, uitra^ez 2r 13 etc.; s also occurs: samtengj^es 1 r32,
georjjes lv5. sc is used several times: georjsesc lv9, meodesc 2v6, lysasc
2r29. The 2nd person singular is represented by the cluster tsc: hreinsetsc
2r7. The lst person singular appears in uitra£>umc 2r2.
The negative prefix is written o: otruer lrl 1, ouine lr8 (where it occurs
as a superscript) etc.
The preposition or is spelt ur (vr lr28).
The suffix -leg- has e in all 3 of its occurrences: sanlega lv7, astsamlegs
lvlO, leynilega 2v8.
Hånd B:
1. Hånd B uses the old (open) a exclusively.
Round cl is the rule in this hånd; even Latin words are spelt with the
round d.
Insular/is used without exception. The bottom of the descender curves
to the right as in hånd D but in contrast with hånds A and C. This is one of
the obvious distinctions between hånds A and B which has worked against
the recognition of hånds C and D.
Round r, as was noted above, occurs only after o in XB (e.g. foro 2vl6,
vor|)vz lr23); in XXXIII it is found also after d: séldr lr3. Long r is absent
in XB but appears once in XXXIII: erfij?e lv29.
Long s is normal in this hånd, but round s appears non-initially with
some frequency, in particular finally in abbreviations and proper names:
guj)s 1 r3, huns 1 r22, konungs 1 r22, evstakivs 2v 14 etc., but also note lifs 1 r4,
blojjs lr25, heilags lr25 etc. Medially and sometimes finally it represents
the geminate form: jrésa 2v30, os 2vl6, |}es lrl etc.
Minuscule v is used throughout.
The Capital letters n and r appear in this hånd, as in hånd A, frequently
outside their proper function. Medially n is used for the geminate (siNa
lr22, kvNe 2vl3, vkvNvm 2v24 etc.), finally for single n as well as the
geminate (iarN lrl9, hverN 2vl3, vtaN 2vl0, hiedaN 2vl5, maN 2vl3 etc.),
In XXXIII, n represents single n also medially: cf. vatNiNO lvl6, vatNino