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Jon Helgason
W ok at helldr nu. at peir uæri sua pott peir uæri frialsir.
463 og pui helldur ad peir væri frialser.
560 og [to [)eir hefdu verid frialser.
Here it seems very likely that d’s antiquated expression at sliku hefdi
beilt was in the original saga but has been changed to at (Jjått) peir væri
in X2, but this one example cannot of course be taken as definite proof.
Other instances where the derivatives of X2 agree against d are in-
significant (references to lines in d, EgEA I, pp. 160, 164):
154 baSir d, om. M K 458 (463/560 cannot be taken into ac-
count here because the whole of Qnundr’s reply is much ab-
breviated).
175 i haind d, i hendr M K 458 (om. 463/560).
It should be remarked that in such cases there exists the possibility of
X2 having preserved original text that has been altered in d. It might al-
tematively be considered whether d could be the fragmentary remains
of an intermediary between X1 and X2 rather than a sister manuscript of
the latter.
X3 is motivated by instances in which d and M agree against the oth-
ers in a reading that we can assume to be old (EgEA I, chapter and line):
81,111 heSan i fra d M, om. 458 K 463/560.
81,136 allt uscorat her (par M) a pingi d M, og giora par (+ pegar
K) a pinginu (+ pegar 463) 458 K 463/560.
81,141-43 pui at -hugnaSi d M, om. 458 K 463/560.
82,6-7 sua at peir megi nema orfia skil huat ec mgli her d, sua at
peir megi skilia mal mitt M, om. 458 K 463/560.
82,19 aiøsyNt d M, kunnugt, og audsynt 458, kunnigt K W, kunn-
ugt 463/560.
82,27 pegar eptir fardaga d M, om. 458 K W 463/560.
82,30 sioni d M, om. 458 K W 463/560.
82,37-38 muno her scapnaSar uirSing hafa hlotit af pui d, hafa her af
fengit skapnaSar virSing M, munud (munu K) hafa (+ af K)
skapnadar virding af pessum malum 458 K W, munu (+ nu
560) af hafa skapnadar virding 463/560 (the original read-
ing of the B-redaction must be in W, which 458 is perhaps
following here).