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Jon Helgason
274,20-275,1
276,1
276.1- 2
283.10
285,22
287,8
288.11
288,20-25
294.1- 3
294,10
298,7-9
306,6-8
316,12
Stefndu - veginn] og søgdu ofarir sijnar, stefndu Jjeir pa
framm ed nedra og so til gatna motz og aa leidina fyrer pat
Eigil, voru peir Vlfur (om. 560) {ta (om. 560) xix. saman.
jamlendit] Riimlendid.
på - peim] ad fast, enn {tar sem jteir hiuggu (en {to ]teir
hiegge edur legde 560) til hanz på beit ecki åa.
-Bar5i] + Steinn og Steyngrimur.
vi5 harm penna] epter jtig (+ og br(odur) minn 560).
aunduegi] Rum sitt.
ok - at] og sendi til Noregz (the opening strophe ofthe poem
is not added).
Hann - nåmgjam] og var Helga son, hann var skalid gott.
fekk - fyrr] gieck ad eiga Jofrijdi er att hafdi (K has: gieck
ad eiga Jofride).
huskarl - Porusonar] var sendi madur Porsteinz hersirz (om.
560).
Honum - hallda] om.
{miat - hugnade] om.
yngri] vnger sueinar, ætla eg [teint {tiki lijtil kuennsemi
ockar.
The last chapters of the saga are very similar to K. As in W, the passage
about Iri and the ambush planned by Steinarr at Einkunnir (EgEA I, ch.
83,8-41) is wanting. Also wanting are the following passages: ch.
85,13-27 (Egill’s conversation with the kitchen maid), 85,42-61 (his
plan to strew his silver from the law rock), and 85,76-78 (the springs
and potholes where his treasure may lie concealed). The text corre-
sponding to EgFJ, p. 320 (cf. EgEA I, p. 184) is mostly the same as that
of K, which also applies to the conclusion of the saga.
It is, however, by no means the case that 463 and 560 always follow
K when it diverges from M. Here will only be mentioned that K has
some additions of its own such as the reply by Ulfr printed in EgFJ, p.
275 (first note), the remarks about Egill by the earl’s men, ibid. 277,3,
and the expansion of Tungu-Oddr’s speech, ibid. 306,9.
Finally we may list some scattered readings here and there that can
be of help in identifying the B-text represented in 463/560 (EgEA I,
chapter and line):
70,15 alla] + enn toku fie allt.
71,77 gaus vpp spyia] hliop vr honum spyia og mørgum ødrum.
72,22-23 peir - pat] peir høfdu par greyda (om. 560) duøl.