Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.2005, Qupperneq 31
Observations on Some Manuscripts of Egils saga
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In i the narrative is different, probably because of a careless omission
whereby the men who travel ‘east’ from the forest have become Egill
and his companions. At the same time a sentence about the arrival at
borfinn’s dwelling has been inserted. This sentence occurs later in M
and K (cf. EgEA I, ch. 76,2-4):
[i] Ok nv epter pessa oRostv settvz peir j sleda sin ok foro a/stur af
skoginum til bygda. voro par bvndrn sar peirra er peir komo til
Porfinz<.) tok hann vel vid peim. eN menn j(arls) peir er vndan
komvz foro til pess er peir komv ...
Here we have distinctive B-text, and 463 and 560 are to all intents and
purposes identical with i except that austur, logically enough under the
circumstances, is emended to vestur.
Many other instances, like these, point in the same direction:
74,32 en - peim M K, om. 1463/560.
75,11-14 ef - finna M, similarly K, pa ef peir yrdi varir vid menn ok
s(ogdu) at menn hofdv farit vm skoginn i, ef hann yrdi vid
menn var, Øluer s(agdi) ad menn hefdi farid aa skogienn
miøg marger 463/560.
75,16 huskarlar miner M K, madr l 463/560.
75,18 verit M K, farit 1463/560.
75,21 spor M K, stig 1463/560.
75,21 forunautar M K, menn 1463/560.
75.24 hellz - spora M, hiellst ferillinn K, sia mikinn (mikil 560)
stig ok fiolda spora 1463/560.
75,43 Egill] + vid menn si'na 1463/560.
75,45-46 Ok - hann M, similarly K, om. i463/560.
75,55 farit M K, varit 1463/560.
75,59 framm M, par framm K, par fara fram vm gotuna i, framm
gøtuna 463/560.
75,59-60 en - vm M, similarly K, om. 1463/560.
76.25 latiS drepa M K, myrda i, myrtt 463, latid mirda 560.
76,29 i sætt (+ kominn K) ok vinattu vi5 konung M K, i frid pegiN
vid hann ok het honum vinattu i, j frid peyginn, og konung-
ur hafdi heitid honum vinattu sinni 463/560.
76,49 bæ sinum M K, borg 1463/560.
77,18-19 gripi. ok vauru M, vøru og gripe K, gripi er i var i, gripe er
par voru 463/560.
77,24 sumer M K, svmir stvckv i 463/560.
78,4-5 hann - Islandi M K, ok hinn fridazti madr i, hann var enn
frijdasti madur 463, og manna frijdastur 560.
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