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forms in -lig- have this class of superlative ending, e.g. ‘spmiligzst-’
24/21, 28/36, ‘dyrdligzti’ Þs. 186/2.
(v) Superlatives in -ast(-) are commonly written with <az), occasion-
ally with (azst), when the ending is absolute (usually in adv. forms),
e.g. ‘skoruligaz’, ‘skiotaz’, ‘grimligaz’, ‘svivirðligaz’, ‘fagrligaz’, ‘sialln-
az’, ‘bliðazst’. Followed by an inflexional ending, (azst) is the norm and
(azt) uncommon, e.g. ‘gofgazstr’, ‘sniallazstr’, ‘haghazstr’, ‘milldazsti’,
‘vitrazstu’; cf. ‘sniallazta’ 24/22, ‘siðvandazti’ Þs. 191/45, ‘friaalsaztr’ Þs.
205/21. ‘algiorfuaðzstr’ 19/26-27 is exceptional.
(vi) The superlative of kærr is ‘kærazst-’ 15/5, 21/25, of fjölmennr
‘figlmennazst-’ 20/6, 38/1.
3. Numerals and dates. Numerals are normally expressed in roman
fashion, with (i> marked by an accent and usually written (j) when fi-
nal. The last element in a compound numeral is regularly connected by
ok to what precedes it. The number þúsund is abbreviated both as ‘.m.’
with superscript (°) and as ‘.m.’ with superscript bar (36/4, 40/34). In-
version of larger and smaller number is found in ‘xvíj (xíííj) ok xxgu’,
Misc. 59ra23, 24-25. Superscript letters of this kind have otherwise
been noted only in ‘xvan.’ Þs. 180/20.
When spelt out, cardinal and ordinal numbers show no deviation
from the norm. The dat. of tveir is ‘tueim’ 18/8. The word tigr (t<þgr,
tugr) has gen. sg. ‘tigar’, acc. pl. ‘tigi’, dat. pl. ‘tigum’ (‘fimtigvm
sinna’ 45/21). Compounded adjectivally the form is -tugr: ‘fertugr!
19/8, cf. Þs. 190/35; ‘segh(s)tugann’ 22/42.
4. Pronouns, definite and indefinite. (i) Pron. Iiann is normally ab-
breviated ‘tin’, ‘h’. Pron. hon is regularly abbreviated ‘h°’, never writ-
ten out in full, here transcribed ‘hon’.
(ii) On the dual pron. nom. vit see VII 16 (i). Oblique cases have
normal forms.
(iii) Pl. prons. have normal forms. In appropriate cases poss. adj.
forms appear both with and without (u): acc. sg. m. ‘yðuarn(n)’ 12/42,
44, 25/10, ‘ydarnn’ Þs. 187/23; acc. sg. n. ‘yðuart’ 25/9, Þs. 187/21,
‘ydartt’ Þs. 185/19.
(iv) Forms of the neg. pronoun are nom. sg. m. ‘engi’ 37/6,45/12, 29,
‘einginn’ 11/19, 21/14,‘en(n)gin(n)’26/2, 16, 18, 21,28/31; acc. sg. m.
‘ongan’ 12/32, Þs. 189/14; acc. sg. n. is normal ‘ecki’. Cf. 2 (ii) above.
(v) On the single instance of marked <o> in the Js. text, ‘npckur’,
nom. sg. m., see VI 4 (i) above. Two spellings in Þs., ‘nauckura’, acc.
sg. f., Þs. 182/11, and ‘nauckut’, n. adv., Þs. 188/3, were presumably in-