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INTRODUCTION
a (3)-like (;), the latter after (b), (d>, (o) and (u>. His (y> has the same
form as in Hands A and B. The middle voice ending is (z). He writes
‘anlat’ and ‘andlat’, gen. ‘iallz’, ‘Harallz’.
IV. Hand A: Orthography. Vowels and sonants.
1. (a> is generally used for the short and long vowel, but the latter is
intermittently expressed by (á> (mostly in monosyllables, e.g. ‘nánd’
2rbl6, 12rb3, ‘nám’ llva7, ‘hár’ llval3), (aa), (æ>, e.g. ‘árinar’
6ra31, ‘sárum’ 7va29, ‘aana’ 6rbl, ‘sáid’ (second person pret. pl. of
sjá) 14rbl0, ‘háiR’ 14vb4. Lengthening before / + cons. is indicated in
‘hálfan’ 5va21, ‘pálm-’ 6ra30, but there is no sign of it before ng. Old-
er vá is variously treated, appearing as (uo), (uó>, (ua> when written
out but written in abbreviation with superscript (r> = ‘ar’; e.g. ‘tuo’
10rb5, ‘uort’ 12vb28, ‘uorit’ 7va27, ‘uóda’ 12ral9, ‘kuóngadiz’
12rb4-5, ‘kuangadiz’ 2rb33, ‘sua’ 7ra34, 8vb4, 9vb5, ‘huú+n’ 8vbl,
‘uú/n’ llvb24, ‘huúrgi’ 12rb6.
2. (e> is usual for both the short and long vowel, but on rare occa-
sions the latter also appears as (é>, (éé>: ‘ér’ (second pl. pron.) 14rb8,
Téd’ (past part.) 2ral3, Tééd’ (past part.) 6vb8. vé becomes væ in
subst. ‘uél’ 14va33, 15vb8, 16va2, pron. ‘uér’ 6rb22, 16rbl2, 18va31
(usually abbreviated (u> with a curl). There is no sign of the develop-
ment of e to ei before ng or of é to a diphthongal form.
3. Initial i is often written (j>, e.g. ‘jarteinir’ 6ral, 9rb25, ‘jol’
llrb5, 12, 13, ‘jarl’ 6vb28; and is frequent for prep. í.
4. Short and long o are usually written (o), with (ó) for the long
vowel a rarity, found e.g. in ‘fóruz’ 7ra25, ‘sóru’ 8rb2, ‘suór’ 14va7,
‘gó’ 7val3, 14va27, ‘hóguerir’ 6vb37.
5. (y> is written for u in ‘yfirlyka’ 10va24, ‘fyllir’ 2ra2.
6. Unrounded y is seen only in forms of þykkjcr, y remains in com-
pounded substs. ‘sam-’ and ‘sundrþycki’, e.g. 12ra29-30, 14rbl. The
forms ‘fyrr’, ‘fyrri’, ‘fyrir’ occur written out and variously abbreviated.
7. Older p/p is most often expressed by (ó>; (o> and (au> are com-
paratively rare. (o> is usual in the jg combination, e.g. in ‘miok’ and
the words ‘fioturin’ 12ral7, ‘fiotradr’ 12ral5 (but ‘miðk’ 12va35);
(au> occurs in ‘daugurdar’ 5va3, ‘Aunnur’ 10rb4, ‘Augmundr’
10vb28, ‘taulu’ 16ra9, ‘sidsaum’ 17ra34-35, ‘baurdu’ 18ra26-27,
‘nausum’ 18rb 17.