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always abbreviated and has been expanded as þat. þit/þid is spelled þid at its
two occurrences, 924,24, and the abbreviation v with superscript i for the pro-
noun (212, 731'33, 8510) and for the preposition has been expanded as vid. The
abbreviation for með, resembling mz, has been expanded as med.
The spelling/n for/occurs once: erfuidis, 8".
The spelling gh for g occurs four times: goliggh 115 (the gg is written g with
a dot above it), konglighum 528, framarligha 624, æ kafligha 712"13. All occur in
the middle of a line in the manuscript.
There occur both einga barn 22i and einka barns 268.
The pronoun forms which end in k/g and the adverb miok occur frequently
and are spelled with k with only one exception, þig 213 (at line-end, but forms
with k also occur in that position). ok is abbreviated, except at 626, ok2 933
(both at line-end).
r is written with three forms, minuscule, rotunda (with or without a tail be-
low the line) and small capital. The r is of limited occurrence. It is printed in
this edition, except where it has been replaced by a capital R in the names
Roma borg l2, Reins borgar 530, Romueriar 742. Forms of riddari are always
written with r and a superscript mark or letter (sixteen instances, e.g. I23), and
riki is similarly written five times, e.g. 322, but more often with r. The rest are
single instances: Rida 68, fæR (the last word on a page) 423, smæRÍ 69, annaRa
917, haRÍ (possibly rr, written r with a dot above) 1168. In some of these r may
signify rr.
v is written v initially, e.g. var l2, vildo 1", svivirdingo (second syllable)
248, but a clear u occurs occasionally, e.g. uar l15, matuqlar 316. Except after s,
u is the usual spelling in a consonant group, e.g. kuongadr l4, huatt l27, tuær
419, but v occurs at least three times, tvær 63, 1121, kvolum 981. The word qued-
io 7'5 40 is abbreviated to q with a stroke through the descender. þui is written
out five times, e.g. 459, and the abbreviation has been expanded with u accord-
ingly. After s however, v is twice as frequent as u, e.g. sveinn 219, sueinn 220.
svo is written with v at 62 (the S written later), 835, ll29, and the abbreviations
are expanded with v, sva or svo.
The letter z is used in several ways:
A. After nd, nn and ll (no examples of Id).
1. For the ending of the genitive in landz (all thirteen instances, e.g.
218), Mirmanz (= nnz (on the confusion over single and double letters,
see above), in chapter headings, 1!, 61), and manz (= nnz, 104; ab-
breviated forms expanded accordingly, 241, 731, 947), and in the only oc-
currence of illz, 248. Words in (single) -n and -/ have the genitive s usual
in other words, e.g. hans 234, litils 211, fugls 467.
2. In various words: illzsko 946 (five instances), andVsadi 249, Meginza
l7, 824.