Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.2005, Page 45
Observations on Some Manuscripts of Egils saga
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458 has not a few variants of its own, all of which can scarcely be laid
at the door of the seventeenth-century scribe. For this reason it is un-
likely that his exemplar was part of X3 itself; rather we must assume an
intermediary between them. Examples:
81,143 gefsc d M K 463/560, gietst ad 458.
82,2 um dagiN eptir d M K, vm morguninn 463/560, vm dag
epter doma 458.
82,7-8 sgttar geyrfi milli 0 M K, giørd fieirri s(egir) Eigill milli
463/560, malum 458.
82,8 upp bat mal O M, first K, fyrst mal mitt 463/560, vpphaf
måls 458.
82,14 r?5r d M K W 463 (om. 560), skilr 458.
82,25 uista far d M W 463, vistarfar K, vista for 560, vistarferli
458.
82,34 verri] + segir hann 458.
Notice should also be taken of some readings indicating the existence
of a lost intermediary between X3 and the B- and C-redactions:
81,105 b°tt ec gtla bat si5r uera muno d M 458, om. K 463/560.
81,118 liSsemSar d M 458, lids K 463/560,
81,120 uil d M 458, mun K 463/560.
81,129 AJnuNdi d M 458, Aununde fødr si'num K, fødur sijnum
463/560.
81.131 til fuNdar vi5 ba feSga Egil oc borstein d M 458, til Egilz K
560, til Eigilz og borsteynz 463.
81.132 sem bu uillt d M 458, om. K 463/560.
82.7 AJnuNdr suarar. S ag 6 i (so 458) at beir voro bar d M 458,
beir s(ogdu) ad beir være bar K, bed kuadust bar vera
463/5607
82.8 upp bat mal d M, vpphaf måls 458, first K, fyrst mal mitt
463/560.
82.9 landz d M 458, Islands K 463 (but 560 = d).
82,19 aiSsyNt d M, kunnugt, og audsynt 458, kunnigt K W, kun-
nugt 463/560.
82,24 fylgia] + med K 463/560 (but not W).
These last-mentioned examples are, however, only offered as food for
thought. The relationship of the B- and C-redactions to A needs to be in-
vestigated throughout the length of the saga, and this is not the place for
such an investigation.