Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1985, Síða 150
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readings are presented diplomatically using standard editorial symbols
for Old Norse texts; “om.” signifies ‘omitted’. Citations with a decimal
point refer to page and line location in FJ. Corrections of readings
from either manuscript presented in FJ follow a colon, whereas new
variant readings from B follow a bracket. In order that minor mistakes
and erroneous readings in FJ which are presented correctly in JS not
obscure the entirely new manuscript readings and variants, the list has
been divided in two.
I. Minor Mistakes
FJ abounds in minor mistakes in the edition of A with respect to the
following:
1. Punctuation and capitalization, e.g. period in ms after 4.7 husin, no
period in ms after 5.6 se, 11.18 Farf- : part-, 45.16 fta : Fa;
2. Abbreviations: (a) inconsistent expansions, e.g. “f” expanded
“firi”/“firir”, “s.” expanded “s(on)”/“son”, (b) dot overlooked, e.g.
5.1 samt : samtt, 10.6 bonde : bonnde, (c) incorrect information,
e.g. 26.10 Gunnl(augr) : G(unnlaugr), 50.17 A(unundarson) :
a(unundar) s(on);
3. Scribal corrections (not indicated), e.g. 4.22 fugl : fu'g'I, 13.15 var :
'var';
4. Accent (length, diacritical, or embellishment) marks, e.g. 2.In ett
... sem (1) : étt ... sém, 3.16 vt : vt, 13.6 uppi åå : vppi aa;
5. Graphemes: (a) no distinction between ‘g’ and ‘g’ or between ‘i’
and ‘j’, e.g. 4.6 Borg : BorG, 4.16 Jootti : jx>ttj, (b) confusion of ‘u’
and V and of ‘a’ and ‘aa7‘aa’, e.g. 8.5 væn- : uæn-, 12.19 f)a : paa,
16.7 mal : maal;
6. Spelling: (a) in phonetic or reversed spellings, late spellings, alter-
nate spellings, etc., e.g. 1.8 afar- : avar, 3.20 erfuitt : erbuitt, 5.9
husfreyia : huspreyia, 6.17 let : liet, 15.11 starfi : starfui, 26.1 aptr :
aftr, 31.15 alls : allz, 48.12 at: ad, 53.3 Lifaangr : lyfaangr, 57.20 ad :
at, (b) of double consonants, e.g. 2.In f>eiri : J^eirri, 9.6 -lyndr :
-lynndr, 15.9 fluttr : flutr, 30.3 fieck : fiek, (c) other: 1.8 hit: ed, 6.8
gert : gort, 6.10 -lega : -liga, 27.20 hlyda : lyda;
7. Scribal misspellings, specifically: 10.1 kuaz : ms kaudz, 35.9 Knutr :
ms knutu, 55.19 lyktum : ms lykum.
Similar mistakes occur in the variant readings presented from B,
e.g. both “firi” and “firir” for the same abbreviated form, 8.2n huiti :