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D 1563'4 nú var eg mi0g audgintur og hefe allt of vel trúad mðdur minne
F 665 of mi0g truda eg nii mödur minni
In contrast with the other texts, Mírmann speaks again, after his mother’s
speech. His words here, D 1572"7, F 669'71, correspond to those the other texts
have in the first position. The wording in D is much longer than in any other
text, but that will be partly due to JV (it is at the end of one of his chapters). If
the tautologies and possible expansions in D are disregarded, the likeness of
D and F is more evident.
4. In the description of Mírmann’s leprosy, there is no mention of his eyes,
D 164, F 673.
5. Mírmann’s address to Cecilía at their first meeting is different in detail:
D 1929'34 eg hefe lángann og ervidann veg hi'ngad dreigid fyrir þá ordsök ad eg
heyrdi sva mi'kid sagt af ydar agiæte ... þar med hefur og spurst ad þier
kunnid þa list ad lækna allskyns sðtter. Þar fyrir bid eg ydur fyrir nád ...
Gudz ... ad þier virdist ad vinna bot S minu meine
F 736'9 jeg hefi sokt ad tir framandi lpndum á ydvarn fund, þvj mikil fregn geingur
af ydar vijsdömi, og ad þier kunnid ad lækna als hattadar meinsemdir. Þvj
bid eg ydur fyrir Guds sakir, ad ráda bot á mijnum veikleika
6. Mírmann’s account of himself includes the statement that he is from a
poor family, D 1951"3, F 745’6.
7. Where in other texts Mírmann is so weak that he cannot speak/move, in
D and F he faints, and Cecilía revives him with wine, D 1991'2, F 768 70.
8. The name of Cecilía’s unwelcome suitor is not Lúcídaríus or Lúdaríus,
but Lúcanus, D 19111 etc., F 782 etc.
9. In the description of the making of a lance for Mírmann, there is no men-
tion of Rogerus, or of carrying hay, D 2020"2, F 7106-7.
10. There is no mention of people telling Mírmann which are the mightiest of
the opponents in the tournament, D 211011, F 84.
11. In texts A, B and C Mírmann defeats three named knights: Flórentíus, Al-
makus (spelled with -g- in B, C), and Valternir (Valintínus B, Valtari C). The
name of the second is wanting in D and F: