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INTRODUCTION
tially represented by the text from AM 496 4to printed by Jónas
Kristjánsson, Valla-Ljóts saga, 3-30; by extracts from Þorláks saga in
AM 380 4to given by Jón Helgason in Bysk.s., 218-21, 255-57, 264-
71, 273-74, 343-63, and by Páls saga byskups from Stock. 4 printed
Bysk.s., 409-38; and by text from AM 404 4to, printed Laurentius
saga, 15-19 (Arni Bjömsson, Laurentius saga, xlviii-1, gives a summa-
ry survey of the orthography and forms of this passage).
A few parallels to and variations from these copyists’ practice in H1
and H2 may be worth noting. They make no claim to be exhaustive.
The parenthetic references are to the sections above on orthography
(V-VI) and forms (VII).
(a) Þorleifur Jónsson
1. No instance of (ægi) for agi has been noted. Dat. ‘forsio’ occurs
(VI).
2. The spelling (oo) for ó is more frequent (cf. Málblöndun, 79).
Acc. ‘sia’, gen. ‘siafar’, acc. pl. ‘sniafa’ are found as well as forms
in ‘sio-’, ‘snio-’ (V 4).
3. Doublet forms, ‘siofar’ and ‘sioar’, ‘Miofanes’ and ‘Mioanes’,
occur. Analogical initial v is found in ‘vox’ (V 5).
4. No ‘atla’ forms have been noted (V 6).
5. Spellings with (au> for ö are comparatively common, also before
ng in pl. and oblique cases of enginn. According to Málblöndun,
80, the (au) instances in AM 304 4to are generally derived from the
exemplar (V 7).
6. 551 c spells ‘avrnna’, cf. ‘eymna’ H1 82/7 (V 12).
7. In 304 the usual form is ‘myrgen(-)’, reproduced from the exem-
plar (Málblöndun, 91); in 551 c both ‘morgin’ and ‘morgun’ are
found (V 12).
8. (ff) for/has been noted only in the proper name ‘Osuiffur’ in
551 c (VI 4).
9. Both (gn> and (n) occur in forms of gnóg-. Forms like ‘hlou’,
‘drou’, ‘lau’ are not infrequent (VI 5).
10. Gen. ‘vatz’ is usual (VI 10).
11. fyrir and fyr are occasionally written out ‘fyrer’ and ‘fyr’;
‘firre’, ‘hinum firrumm’ are also found; nom. sg. m. adj. ‘kyr’ oc-
curs (VI 13).
12. Adj. soddan is apparently introduced by Þorleifur Jónsson in
‘vid soddann storrædi’ in 304 (Hákonar saga, 14/15); cf. ‘vid slik
storrædi’, Flat. III 15/35, ‘vid slik stórmæli’, Skálholtsbók yngsta,
311/10-11 (VII 2).