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gs, ks, but cf. what appears to be a back spelling, ‘segh<s)tugann’
22/42.25
18. (i) On <z> in proper names, superlatives and middle voice end-
ings see VIII 2 (iv-v), 7 (i), 11 (ii).
(ii) The verb bleza and substantive blezan occur frequently and are
written both ‘bledz-’ and ‘blez-’; ‘bledz-’ is commoner but not by
much.
(iii) <z) always appears in ‘gudzspiall(-)’.
(iv) <z)/<zs) normally appears in words with -sk suffix after a dental
stem (usually with loss of the stem dental), e.g. ‘gauzka’ 24/50,
‘gautzska’ 28/7, ‘uizku’ Þs. 180/1, ‘uizsku’ 6/10, 28/16, Þs. 180/17;
‘gæzsku’ Þs. 180/5, 195/2; ‘islendzsk(-)’ is usual. N. adj. ‘girzkt’ is
spelt ‘girzskt’ Messusk. 110/37.
(v) Similarly where the -sl suffix follows a dental stem: ‘ueizlu’ 5/15,
‘veizla’ 15/16, ‘gæzlu’ 28/20; ‘f§ðzlu’ 24/38, ‘fpðzslu’ Messusk.
110/22; ‘brigzsli’ 37/16; cf. ‘kenzlu’ 28/5.
(vi) Final <z> is normally written after ll, Id, e.g. ‘Kollz’, ‘Hallz’,
‘allz’, ‘Haralldz’, ‘Giafualldz’; cf. the back spellings ‘vpphallz’ 28/48
and ‘Þorhalldz’ Misc. 58vb38; similarly after n(n) and nd, e.g. ‘finz’,
‘danz’, ‘skinz’, ‘manz’, ‘unz’ (Þs. 182/23, cf. ‘vndz’ 180/19), Tandz’, .
‘Brandz’; after rö, e.g. ‘orðz’, ‘borðz’, ‘garðz’. Gen. of vatn appears as
‘Vatnz’ Þs. 194/31.
(vii) Final <z) is standard in the word ‘goðz’ but otherwise rare after
vowel + ð. ‘Ræðz manni’ 33/4 is an exception (cf. ‘Ræðs konu’ 38/2)
and <z> is spelt once in the compound ‘naudzyn’ Þs. 199/16. Other-
wise <s> is the usual ending in vowel + ð stems, e.g. ‘guds’, Tyds’,
‘lids’, ‘hliods’, ‘Raads’.
(viii) Final <z> is regularly written in the gen. sg. of stems in t, e.g.
‘hugskotz’, ‘vaatz’, ‘nautz’, ‘Fliotz’, ‘andlaatz’, ‘vitzmuni’; the t may
be omitted, e.g. ‘yfirliz’ Þs. 185/18.
19. <þ> is conventionally used initially and in the words alþingi,
alþýða, íþrótt.
25 Might (gh) here reflect a voiced spirant pronunciation? Cf. Bandle, 145.