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‘ecki’ 47.10 (x 43) and in a few other places ‘cr/stni’ 41.2 (ct ‘kristni’ 41.2,
‘kn'stni’ 41.3), ‘mcrkilict’ 41.81, ‘fiandsc[apr]’ 45.28, ‘slict’ 47.10 (all).
Otherwise, only (k) is found. (þ) and (ð> appear to be in free variation
when not initial (e g ‘Þvriþr’ 41.22, 37 ct ‘Þvriðr’ 41.110, 112), but (ð) is
predominant in medial and final positions.
Ligatures and modified letters The fragment contains only two ligatures
proper (two letters sharing a downstroke), (æ) and (a/). See below for
distribution. Ligatures due to graphic economy comprise (ct), (st>, (tt>
(where the (tt) is usually written with a single bar). Other modified letters
are (ð> and (0). In the latter the cross-bar does not extend beyond the circle;
it may be sloping or horizontal.
Accents The acute accent may occur above both short and long vowels;
see ‘Orthography’ below. One cannot be sure of the presence of accents in
the dark areas of f. 6r and f. 7r. In this manuscript the stroke above (i> has
been regarded as a deliberate accent, not as an optional part of the letter (i>
as in M, G or W, but there is only one clear case of it.
Capitals and initials (S> with a doubled middle bar like a paragraph sign
(§) is common. In (N> the oblique does not reach to the base on the right
and is sometimes horizontal (c/ small majuscules). Decorated initials are
those of ‘Nv’ 46.1 (black and red) and ‘Alfr’ 47.1 (red). There is space for
an initial at ‘[Þ]at’ 41.1, but it is not clear whether it was executed.
Small majuscules The following are used, usually, but not necessarily, to
indicate consonant gemination: (g> ‘viþleGr’ 41.46, ‘leGÍa’ 41.89, ‘bioGvz’
45.26, 65 (all). (n> ‘bvnaðÍN’ 41.38, ‘meN’ 41.60 - 45.72 (x 10). (r>
‘Gízur’ 41.1 - ‘siðaR’ 47.5 (x 17, 13 of which stand for rr, two for r (‘þeÍR’
45.74, 46.12), while two are ambiguous (‘framaR’ 45.18, ‘siðaR’ 47.5).
The round (s> form can perhaps be included as a small majuscule; it occurs in
the abbreviation ‘ s ^- ’ (‘s(eg)í>’ e g 41.107) and occasionally at the ends of words,
as ‘os’ 45.50, ‘amelis’ 47.9, ‘sins’ (=5)41.72, though not in ‘sins’ 41.45.
Numerals are indicated by preceding and/or following points ‘meN
.xviii.’ 45.34; in this case the points are included in the transcription
(unlike the points for suspension, where ‘S.’ or ‘.S.’ = ‘S(norri)’).
Abbreviations
General By a bar through an ascender (sometimes ending in a curve).
When this abbreviation produces an immediately recognizable common
word or lexeme, it is expanded by italics, e g ‘hann’ 41.63, ‘Siþan’ 46.13,
‘skyld'C 41.33. (Such frequently abbreviated words are listed below.)
Otherwise such expansion is by parentheses, ‘vik(ingr)’ 45.68.
The curl (?> acts as a general mark of abbreviation, indicating the
J