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INTRODUCTION
form not found elsewhere in Hand B and dubiously appropriate where
it occurs (Fritzner IV however cites two exx., of sómaligr and adv.
úsómiliga). Whether the faint hairstroke accent in ‘hógindinu’ 35/11
was intended to be read as a length mark or as a modifier indicating
hæg- (older hœg-) is uncertain; the latter form would be expected.
8. (i) ö (p, 0) is most often represented by (o), sometimes by (q),
(ö) and (au>; (0> has been noted once, ‘tplduz’ 38/13. The forms
‘svaroðu’ 7/7, ‘annur’ 19/36, ‘allum’ 45/4 are so rare that they may be
reasonably counted spelling mistakes. Apart from (q> in the usual ab-
breviation ‘mQm’, these forms of marked (o> are sporadic. The
(au>/(av> representations of ö occur about as often as marked (o>-
forms but are similarly sporadic. In forms of nokkurr this spelling oc-
curs only twice, in Þs., acc. sg. f. ‘nauckura’ 182/11, adv. ‘nauckut’
188/3. The personal names Ogmundr and Özur(r) are always written
with initial (au>.
(ii) On older 0 in 0rindi see 2 (iv) above.
(iii) The breaking and mutation product is usually written (io>, oc-
casionally (íq>, e.g. ‘digfulinn’ 12/15, ‘ííqI-’ 20/6, ‘gÍQf’ 24/37;
‘mÍQ(c)k’ e.g. 8/6, 14/38, 34/6.
9. Diphthong au is regularly spelt (au>/(av> except in ‘Hóckadal'
6/27 and inf. ‘kópa’ 39/33.22 On rare (a/> see p. 136* above.
10. (i) Diphthong ei is usually written (ei>. The neg. adv. eigi (rarely
ei) is abbreviated ‘æ’ with a superscript curl; at the end of 55vb37 the
abbreviation is written but then completed to give ‘æigi’ 33/2; else-
where eigi is written out as ‘eigi’. (On ei see VIII 8 (v).)
(ii) ‘fræstar’ for freistar occurs in 45/19. It may be an inherited nor-
wegianism.
(iii) ei is written (e> before / in forms of Isleifr, 19/1, 21, Misc.
58vb20, Tefd’ 18/2, ‘dreftt’ Þs. 194/33. The proper names Einar(r)
and Eiríkr appear as ‘Enar’ 15/34 and ‘Erekr’ Þs. 202/25. Forms of
heilag- are occasionally spelt ‘hel-’, 28/77, 39/14, 39/38, perhaps un-
der the influence of syncopated helg- forms.
(iv) eilíf- is always spelt with (ey>. The form is ‘kueyktiz’ Þs. 185/30.
11. Diphthong ey is regularly written (ey>, cf. 10 (iv) above; on
eyrendi see 2 (iv), 13 (i).
22 Hand 4 of the codex shows exx. of similar spelling in the words auga and draumr,
see X 7 (ix) below.