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constitutes a branch of its own, while F and 39 are regarded as sister
manuscripts belonging to a different branch. The relationship is more
complicated, however, as far as F is concerned, for as well as identifying
significant features that it has in common with 39 Olafur Halldorsson
considers that F betrays influence from ajy-manuscript.44
1. vildu ]aeir taka hann hpndum ok færa Eiriki jarli (HkrFJ F.
453.2—3): Eiriki] X323 VIII-, om. F,J, GOT.
2. svå at sto3 i heila ni3ri (HkrFJI: 265.9): ni3ri] X323XI-, om. F,
], GOT.
3. En er {ætta så stafnbuar å Orminum, Jaå gengu Jaeir aptr å skipit
ok snuask til varnar moti jarli ok veita harSa viSrtpku (HkrFJ I:
451.6-9): En ... viSrtpku] K.,325 VIII, GOT-, om. F, J.
4. Tryggvi ok Gu3rø3r fly3u til Uplanda (HkrFJ 1:163.19—164.1):
fly3u] K, GOT-, + ]aå F, 323 VIII, J.
5. en konungrinn Sveinn ok ]aat H3, er undan komsk, fly3i å pnnur
skip (HkrFJ I: 444.7—9): konungrinn Sveinn] K, GOT-, Sveinn
konungr F325 VIII, J.
The signs of influence from ajp-manuscript do not, however, affect
the location of F next to 39 in the stemma. Olafur Halldorsson thinks
that there may be contamination (“flashover”) fromjy because the scribe
of F, who was an experienced copyist, had previously written ajy-
manuscript, which is how features of y were transferred to F. He
44 Before the present study was first published as a doctoral thesis in 2000, Olafur
Halldorsson generously allowed me to read a tentative and unpublished version of
his research. The examples listed here are taken from this version (24.3.1997). In
the published version example nos. 1, 2 and 3 can be found on p. xl, no. 4 on p. xli,
and no 5 on p. xlii. In both versions there are many more examples supporting the
conclusion. Only a handful have been selected here.