Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.2005, Síða 24
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Jon Helgason
Jonsson has no comparative material except the fragment i, which he
assigns to the B-redaction (cf. § 7 below). 463 and 560 are therefore
very useful here, though 560 admittedly lacks ch. 85,36 to the end. A
summary account of their treatment of the two passages will now be
given.
The text is usually condensed, as indeed might be expected in the B-
redaction. Examples of omissions:
70,9-12 alldrs - haft; 70,27-28 puiat - konungi; 71,22-24 var - vpp; 75,45-
46 Ok - hann; 75,86-88 en - afarkosta; 78,11-12 atti' - PuriSi; 78,94-96 bu
- pess; 79,6-7 en - mikit; 80,48 huar - myrum; 80,55-56 en - okkr; 80,66-
67 Porsteinn - daga; 81,73-74 pau -gort; 81,75-76 pottu - mal; 81,90-92 ok
- syslat; 81,96-97 mun-manna; 81,114-15 Skal -eigi; 81.119 Si5an — milli;
81,125-27 enda-vera; 81,129-30 ok-til; 81,132-34 sua-o5rum; 81,145-
46 vil - bundinn; 85,64-65 vt - sifian; 85,78-80 Egill - folgit2.
Here are some more examples of shortening of the text (readings from
463/560 to the right of the bracket; minor differences in 560 not always
noted):
70,41-43
72,25-28
74,31-32
75,11-15
76,2-4
78,69-74
78,133-74
78,187-202
sogøu - kosti] og søgdu enn (peir vmm 560) sem fyrr.
hoføu - lei5] Porf(innur) kuad farid hafa vj menn aluopnada
a skogienn vm morguninn.
me3 - peim] menn so marga sem pier vilied (pikist purfa
560).
vaå - segit] vid menn var, Øluer s(agde) ad menn hefdi farid
aa skogienn miog marger.
Egill - Helga] Eigill sa pa (om. 560) ad Helga (the arrival of
Egill at Porfinn’s home has already been mentioned at
75,76: voru pa bundinn sær peirra er peir komu til Porfinnz,
tok hann vel vid peim).
en siSan - hann] Eigill kuad pa vera ovænnt ad hann mundi
yrkia mega, en freysta mun eg ad leita (en leita mun eg 560)
vid. Eg ætla s(agde) hun ad seinnt muni Porsteinn sonur
pinn yrkia kuædid enn pad duger ei ad hann er (sie 560)
erdur (erfdur 560).
EinaR - kom] hann var ør madur og dreingur godur, hann pa
skiølld godan af Hacone konungi j drapu laun, hann for til
Islandz, enn vm haustid Reid hann sudur. - This passage is
rather shorter in K than in M.
Si5an - spaungunum] Epter pad orte hann (Eig(ill) 560) vm
skialldar giøfina, enn peir Einar og Eigill hielldu vinfeinge
sijnu (vinattu sinne 560) allt til dauda dagz og komu god