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I also compared 124 with A3 in chapter li89'96, where it is used as the
main manuscript with variants from A4'5:
11.89 h&ndina] phrase wanting in A4, ha/nd Mirmanns A5,124.
11.89 biarg A3,5] biargadi A4,124.
11.89 t>å] 4- A4-5,124.
11.89 sijnu] -r A4'5,124.
11.90 til] f skiølld A4-5,124.
11.90 enn spiotsk(aptid) brast] oc gieck A4‘5,124.
11.90 fejginn] gladur A4'5,124.
11.91-4 gat - på] var von at pu mundir bædi slisinn oc sleppifeingur. På (Nu A5) reiddist Mfrmann oc kastadi skilldinum, enn greip sverdit A4'5,124.
11.95 first A3,5,124] + f sundur A4.
11.95 sijdan ofan] nidur A4‘5,124.
11.96 høndena med øxlinne] øxlina med A4'5,124.
11.96 fiell allt samann] for pat allt A4'5,124.
124 has, according to this, some textual value in those few chapters
where A1, A2 and A3 are defective, but its variants are fairly incon-
sequential. On the other hånd it is good to be able to add to the textual
history of this much-read medieval Icelandic romance.14
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14 Professor Jonna Louis-Jensen helped me procure photographs of Lbs. 124 8vo when I
visited the Amamagnæan Institute in Copenhagen in September 2004, and encouraged
me to complete this article. Later she made some valuable additions. I also want to thank
the editor of this volume of Opuscula, Britta Olrik Frederiksen, for her excellent advice
and Michael Chesnutt for revising my English.