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hviti, 8.12-13n yckr : yckur, 10.4n odrvm : odrvw, 10.11-12n latit :
laatid, 30.lin nair : naer, 38.4n Jrvndr : Jwnndr, 48.17-18n bezttv :
beztv. Spelling, morphological, and other relatively minor variants in B
are often not provided, e.g. 7.16 virdingu] virding, 9.2 Illhugi] illvgi,
10.1 foduR] fedr (same variant provided, however, in 14.17n), 11.15
atferli] at felli, 16.6 man] mvn, 16.17 vill] villt, 27.13 skallati] skarlatf,
29.4 orskurdar] vskvrdar, 47.16 Haf-] hafur (same variant provided in
40.5n), 50.13 Gilsbakka] gilbacka, 51.1 hingat] higat. Among the vari-
ants in B which are not mentioned are scribal corrections and ditto-
graphies. Three scribal errors in B are tacitly corrected in FJ: 14.17-
18n sinni : ms sin«, 20.22n ydr : ms yd, 27.21n vera : ms \er\ other
scribal errors are not mentioned: 3.15 starfs] ms starf, 7.21 beckinum]
ms bemkimim, 8.21 fæddiz] ms fædd, 24.19 sva] ms sv, 28.10 Sigrdr]
ms sigurd, 32.2 kuædi] ms qvdi, 36.16 bonordit] ms bonordi. The
readings from B which are presented are sometimes abbreviated in the
variant notes in FJ, but the abbreviations there do not necessarily
represent the manuscript practice, e.g., B has “G. q. kf.” for 24.10n
G. qvad kgr.
Verba dicendi and forms of negation present special problems. The
common abbreviation ‘s’ with superscript ‘go’ is expanded 3.22 suaradi,
4.2 suarar, 8.1 svarar, 34.3 s(varar), whereas “s.” is expanded 3.21
s(purdi), 4.1 s(pyrr), 8.18 s(egir), 25.6 spyrr, 32.1 s(agdi). Only as an
exception does FJ provide variants from B for verba dicendi. Variants
are, however, most often provided correctly in JS. Variations in forms
of negation in B are likewise not provided in FJ, e.g. 8.6 eigi] ecki,
16.9 Ecki] eigi, 16.17 eigi] ei, 16.21 ei] eigi. JS provides variants for
“eigi” and “ecki” but not for “eigi” and “ei.”
JS provides basically correct information about the initials at the
beginning of new chapters in the manuscripts, especially the ones
which are missing; FJ many times simply prints missing initials. The
initial is lacking in A also in the following instances: 6.1 Um, 7.8 Ok,
11.11 Ok, 33.1 HRafn, 45.9 Ok, 51.15 Nv, 52.1 Gvnlaugr, 53.7 Nu,
54.1 Sidan, 56.12 Ok, 58.1 Fat, 58.23 Forsteinn. The initial is also
missing in the name read in FJ as 12.7 Aunundr (see, however, the list
below), and the initial was added by a later hånd in 39.23 Nv. In the
case of 19.5 and 30.6 Fenna tima, the initial “I” is missing (as deduced
in JS) and the next letter is capitalized; cf. FJ, pp. iii-iv, and 9.1 (I).
Four initials not in B are incorrectly printed in FJ: l.l-4n Forsteinn,