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LXXXIII
The scribe has not been identified, and the origin of the manuscript is
unknown. Einar G. Pétursson records that it came from Pétur Halldórsson,
who died in Knarrarhöfn (near Hvammur).
The title of the saga is ‘Sagan af. | Mírmant Jalli í Sikiley. | ok Setselju
hinni Vænu.’ The opening words are ‘Á dögum Klements páfa í Róm réð’ etc.
The last word of each verso is repeated as the first of the following recto, but
neither is given any prominence. The chapters are indicated with ‘i. Kap.’, ‘ij.
Kap.’ etc., in a distinct script, but placed at the beginning of the line; the text
follows immediately, and except in the first instance, it is written no larger
than usual. There are twenty-one chapters, in the same places as in 633
(above, p.LXiu) and related manuscripts, including Hd, from which this text
appears to be derived.
Hv has all of the variants listed for Hd above, pxxxxi, the only change
being that (like other texts also thought to be derived from Hd) it has ‘sjáfar’
(“sea”) not ‘Sjáfar’ (meant as a place-name?) at 54‘5. It also agrees with Hd in
other slight variants not listed. Very rarely does Hv agree with a text ante-
cedent to Hd (i.e 395), and all the instances are without significance. For ex-
ample, at 1263 ‘med mikilli hprmvng’ appears in Hd as ‘med allri hörmúng’
(which is repeated in other texts derived from Hd); Hv has ‘með mikilli hörm-
úng’, but this can be seen as an innovation in Hv which happens to bring it
back into agreement with 395.
The following are examples of innovations in Hv.
I S6, (18 lg, 4859, 633, 395), Hd] Hv
1.3 j heidnum sid] af heiðnum mönnum
1.8- 9 þa-var; var lausn og band allra stðrmala sem jarl var 395; var hann lausn og
band allra stórmanna Hd] var hann fyrirmaðr alls stórmennis
3.2-3 med-sveini; med bréf og leitar þar sveininum fósturs Hd] með þeirri orð-
sendíng at sveinninn fengi þar fóstr
3.23 hueria 'spik er (spitu sem 395, Hd) i þeim er] hvort goð í landinu
4.16 at hann matti þat eigi framar giora] sem fremst má verða
6.14 var] átti at hlut
7.23 heimil vera] göra
7.45 þat] þá skuld
8.39 Riddorum] mönnum (Also in many otherplaces)
9.37 verda; fer Hd] komist héðan
II 179, (181 g, 4859, 633, 395), Hd] Hv
12.34 stade] + sem mesta
16.9 dubbi þig til riddara] veiti þér virðíng mikla
16.12 Danvbium; Danubia] Dalmaría
17.8- 9 leita-stunnged; leita helst á litil magna ef eg feingi einhvorn ofan stungid
Hd] leita helzt á lítil magna ok er þá ei örvænt at ek fái einhvorn riðið ofan