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A striking difference between A4-A7 and other texts is the want in them of a
long piece of text, the equivalent of a chapter in A2-A3 (A 232'34). A4-A7 have
the first clause of chapter 23 (in an agreed wording of their own), but then
lack the whole of Cecilía’s conversation with Rógérus, his visit to Mírmann
and his retum; they move straight into her conversation with her father (A
24'). The absence of this matter from A4-A7, the passages quoted above, and
many other variants common to these four texts, are to be attributed to inno-
vation in a lost common original. (The relationship of the four texts to each
other and to the lost common original is discussed below, pp.XLViii-Lin.)
Some of the numerous smaller-scale variants common to the four texts now
follow, as illustrations, from separate parts of the saga, in which are available
for comparison various combinations of other texts (A' or A2, B and C are the
texts useful for the present purpose). References are to the A-text.
I A1] A4"7 (quoted from A4)
1.3 j heidnum sid einn] heidinn, enn var þó
1.4-5 Hann-landi] -r
1.15 goliggh yfirliz] .. liós A4 (space and dots in ms), yfrid liós A5, lios A6'7
1.19 klerkar] + þá þeir þreittu vid hana
1.21 Þessi-svo] Brigidda drottníng hafdi oc malsnilld so mikla and + af því hún
var so ríklundud later in the sentence
1.25-6 sendo (MS sendi) henni eigi þegar hon giordi eptir] feingi hún (+ þær A5)
ecki; + A6
1.28 gnot fiar ok annars veraldar fagnadar] aud fiár oc miklar (margar A5,6) gier-
semar
Etc.
II A', C; minor differences not noted\ A4"7
3.3- 4 fyrir sakir vinnathu þeirrar er Hlauduir kongr hafdi] fyrir ástar sakir
3.4 þetta blidliga] þeim þessa bón
3.4- 5 ok-eyrendum (C similar)] +
3.8-9 þa-honum (second clause different C)] hans (i.e. both clauses wanting)
3.9 þotti mikils afatt] dámadi ecki
3.20 hyggia (variant C)] + at tala soddan heimsku
3.22-3 briota jsundr (+ C) hueria spik er j þeim er] þau (þa A6) í sundur mola
3.26-8 Enn-monnum] +
Etc.
III A1, B, C; minor differences not noted] A4"7
9.52 eda-rada] enn (eda A7) hvad sýnist þier, eda þiki þier rso at hann muni (sem
hann meigi A6) 0llu ráda?
9.53-5 huadann-Adam (variation in C, but same substance)] hvern (hvort A6, +
A7) uppruna mannkined hefur, eda hvad helldur þú hver Adam skapadi?
(skapad hafi A7)