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the back vowels, u is used about half as often as o, with no discernible
pattern in the distribution: sendo 1 r2, giolldom 1 r4, hioggv 1 r23, sciolldvm
lr23 etc.
For both consonantal and vocalic u, the graph v is the rule. u occurs only
in Latin words (tuuwi lr6, mauricius lr22, but evstakivs 2vl4). The
labiodental spirant is written J, intervocalically, finally, and before a
consonant; s^var 2vl7 is an exception to the rule. The cluster labial +1 is
spelt Jt: eftir 2vl5, aftr 2v28.
There is some evidence for the operation of the palatal rule; although k
appears before both front and back vowels (keNa 2vl6, mikille 2v25, kom
2vl 1, kvNe 2v 13 etc.), c occurs before front vowels only in Latin words (com
2vl2, callat>e lr24, placidus 2vl2). For the sk cluster, the spelling sc is
normal (scogar 2v28, scip 2v 18 etc.), but skiple[igu]2v 19. The sequence sch
occurs once in XXXI11 (hascha 2r3). For the geminate, ck is the rule (ockra
2vl5, ecke 2v20 etc.); kc appears once in XXXIII (gekc 2r33). Before
consonantal u, q is the rule in XXXIII: myqvir lrl, qveNligri lv5 etc. There
are no instances in XB.
is the rule initially. Medially and finally also,/> is the norm; the ratio of
d to p in XB is about 1:10.
h is preserved before /: hlvtvm lr26, hlvta lr27.
Final g is represented as c in unstressed position in vare 2v29. The graph
sequence cg appears once in XXXIII: tacgN lr3.
3. In XB, the medio-passive ending is always -z: veriaz 1 r 18, mintvz
lr23 etc. In XXXIII, the graph sequence zs is used: gerj)izs lrlO, fwizs
lr25, finomzs lr20. The same sequence is employed in this latter MS.
also for s (allzs lr4, illzsco 2r7) and ts (vazs lr6, BlezsaJ)v 2vl5). The first
person singular form in XXXIII appears several times as -c: miNomc
2r3, glfjjiomc 2r4, vilnome 2r4.
The negative prefix is written v twice in XB: vkvNvm 2v24, vgladr 2v23,
but once o: oarga 2v27.
The preposition or is so written in XXXIII (lv7).
The suffix -leg-, which does not occur in XB, is usually written with an i
in XXXIII: nytsamliga lr22, vndarlig[a] 2vl3, vaisliga 2v21 etc., but
vanlega lvlO.
Hånd C:
Since hånd C has been confused with hånd A, my primary concern in the
following section will be to show that the two differ. Fortunately the length