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Kolbing’s edition, page and line (the H7 text is printed at the bottom
of the page - to p. 116 - but without line numbers). For ease of
reference I shall use the orthography of the edition for H7 rather than
that of the MS itself. For the others I use that of the MSS (that of 119
when citing all three, that of H17 for H17-H46), but without noting
purely orthographic differences between them.
The whole beginning section in 119, H17, and H46 follows H7. For
example, af - godgirnda (1:1-5; note that where the edition has velld-
izlandi [1:2], H7 actually has velldi ok landi - the ok is abbreviated
with the usual sign that looks like a z in this MS); or hlydit - minum
(3:1-3). The same situation, in general, prevails throughout the text.
That is, this complex of MSS clearly follows H7 rather than any of the
other primary texts.
There is a considerable number of passages where 119 and H17
(H46) deviate from H7, without agreeing with other primary MSS, so
I shall give only a sample, ok (1:7; abbreviated as above) : ar (1:8) :
omitted; milldr (1:11) : omitted; gior (2:2) : huor ed gior var; ordum
(3:1) : add so seigiandi; menn (49:7; abbreviated m with stroke above)
: jnn; felms - hræzlu (50:10) : til folksinz fullur harmz og hryggleykz;
hest ne mvl (50:12) : huorcke hest nie naut; pann (51:1) : eirn; pat -
micill (107:1) : og er pad ofmikell; mier1 (107:3) : add aptur; undarliga
(107:6) : add hluti; menn (122:17) : add pesser sendimenn (i.e. the
“original” menn preserved as object of eyda)\ heria (123:19) : beriazt;
digr (124:2) : d digurd. There are numerous other examples. It is clear,
then, that these three MSS form a group of related texts; that there
may be others which might belong to the group need not concern us at
this point.
It can quickly be demonstrated that 119 does not derive from H17;
at the same time the material will present some of the proof that H46
derives (primarily) from H17. In the following I give a selection of
those passages where 119 preserves the reading of H7, while H17 and
H46 deviate. H7, 119 felausan ok fylgdar- (5:8) : H17, H46 fylgdar-
lausan og fie-; hier (5:9) : add nu; reyna (6:4) : add pig og; ok2 (8:6) :
eda; hertuginn (10:7) : hann; taka fyst (11:13) : voru buner; halsinn
(32:1) : hialminn (H46 also adds og halsinn!)-, pat fann hann (32:7-8) :
petta reid Elis ad; skaptit (35:3) : spiotid; peim (40:1) : omitted; ok
hinir roskuztu (40:3-4) : omitted; fram ridandi (118:9-10) : omitted;
hertugi (118:12 note) : omitted; fellda (124:1) : omitted; Sobrie