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by analogy with wa-stem adjs. like glöggur, hryggur.
4. Intervocalic/is always <u)/(v) in 'paui’, but elsewhere (f), <ff>
and occasionally <fu) occur (V 5).
5. Third pl. ‘otludu’, ‘autludu’ have been noted, but otherwise
forms of ætla are always with <æ>. V 6.
6. In 380 Jón Pálsson once writes ‘Geirlog’ and ‘Snælog’, Bysk.s.,
255/20:3, 4, but ‘Snælaug(-)’ thereafter (V 9).
7. ‘hofdingi’, ‘Illugi’ and other words in -gi are commonly spelt
with final <gie) (V 10).
8. The words fé, kné with suffixed art. appear as ‘fed’, ‘knied’ (V
10).
9. ‘Skálhollt’ occurs sporadically (V 11).
10. -indi is the normal ending in e.g. erindi, tíðindi, hægindi, while
-endi is rare (V 12).
11. The adv. form is also ‘hættiliga’ in 380, Bysk.s., 343/57:3 (V
12).
12. Both ‘morgun’ and ‘morgin’ and also e.g. ‘huggan’ and ‘hugg-
un’ are found (V 12).
13. Forms of gnógur commonly appear as ‘nog(-)’ (VI 5).
14. Intrusive <h> is sometimes spelt in prep. ‘thil’ in the Stock. 4
Páls saga.
15. Forms such as ‘mykillri’, ‘einnrar’ are common (VI 8).
16. (m> in ‘(-)eirn’ for (-)einn is common; also found in ‘-kiærn’.
17. <ft)/(fft> and <pt> spellings occur side by side in e.g. ‘effter’,
‘epter’, ‘gifftt’, ‘ogiptu’; but <pt> seems to be the rule in 380. In-
trusive <p> is written here and there in ‘skampt’, ‘sampt’, ‘sumpt’
(VI 11).
18. In 380 the form ‘þaug’ for þau sometimes appears.
19. ‘eins huorri’, ‘einshuorium’ and ‘einshuoriu’ have each been
once noted, presumably inherited (VII 3).
20. Jón Pálsson writes ‘nockud minnur’, Bysk.s., 358/115:6, but
otherwise only the dat. has been noted with comparatives (VII 3).
21. The n. neg. adj. appears as ‘eckertt’; gen. is normally ‘einskis’,
but ‘engis’ is also found (VII 3).
22. Possessive adjs. ‘ydar’, ‘yckar’ are usually inflected. Gen. pron.
‘ydar’ is used adjectivally in 404, Laurentius saga, 18/6 (but might
this be original and intended to represent a misuse by Jón flæm-
ingil) (VII 3).
23. Dat. ‘tueim’ and ‘tueimur’ occur, and the three forms ‘þrim’,
‘þrimur’ and ‘þremur’ have been noted (VII 4).
24. Comp. adv. ‘sydara’ and ‘sydar’ both occur (VII 5).