Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series A - 01.10.2003, Blaðsíða 51

Linguistic and textual features
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omission of the rest of a word (suspension); such expansion is indicated by
parentheses: ‘skat(kavpandi)’ 41.8, ‘Osp(akr)’ 45.2.
In addition, a point on the base line is employed as a general abbreviator,
as ‘svar.’ = ‘svar(aði)’ 41.26. First letter(s) of names when used for suspen-
sion are usually preceded and/or followed by apoint, as .S. = ‘S(norra)’ 47.2.
Abbreviations indicated by a point or points are expanded by parentheses.
Particular By superscript letters: <*): ‘ir’ ‘illv/rki’ 45.68, ‘ri’ ‘gnpi’
41.15; <0): ‘ro’ ‘Drongvm’ 45.70, ‘oro’ ‘foro’ 41.13; <r>: ‘ar’ ‘Svmor’ 41.10
(but ‘vspr’ = ‘Vsp(akr)’ frequently, as 45.16); <v>: ‘rv’ ‘Bittrvne’ 47.5.
By traditional superscript symbols: ^1-): ‘er’ ‘gcrðiz’ 41.67 (common;
interpreted as ‘ir’ in endings ‘s(eg)/r’ 45.4); <“> (“omega”): ‘ra’ ‘f/'om’
45.69; for ‘vr’ <~> (like insular <o> with curling-up tail) ‘fvrða’ 41.71, also
used for ‘yr’, as ‘fyr’ 41.95, ‘fyrir’ 41.70, ‘spyria’ 47.3; for ‘vs’ (?) (upward
curl ending in circle) ‘hv.vfrcyia’ 41.102; also the ‘nasal stroke’ for fol-
lowing ‘m’, as ‘vm’ 41.5, or ‘n’, as ‘meno’ 45.37 (common).
Abbreviations ofcommon words (one example of each)
By superscript letters: ?ymanna’ 45.29, <’> ‘etgi’ 41.85, ‘v/d’ 41.83, ‘v//’
41.92, ‘þv/’ 41.97, <°> ‘hon’ 41.77, <M> ‘monnvM’ 41.96, <r> ‘modr’ 45.33,
O ‘hvo/’ 41.28, <z) ‘mannz’ 41.71, ‘kvoz’ 41.77, ‘qvoz’ 47.3. (For the
purposes of transcription it is regarded as immaterial whether the super-
script appears immediately above the base character or above and slightly
to the right, for often the exact position is determined by the shape of either
character. In printing the superscript character is in any case set slightly to
the right of the preceding letter.)
By other symbols: <;> ‘med’ 41.116.
By a bar (which may end in a curve): ‘flc/r-a/i’ 47.4/41.78, ‘gengo’,
‘gengo’ 45.29, 45.30, ‘hons’ 45.14, ‘hennar’ 41.77, ‘henni’ 41.40, ‘hoovm’
41.111, ‘aloodi’ 41.88, ‘md-i/t//i’ 41.95/41.108/41.105, ‘meþan’ 45.15,
‘mik/7’ 41.105, ‘(mið)mvnda’ 41.59, ‘mvndi’ 41.48, 41.71, ‘Siþoo’ 41.73,
'skaV 41.85, ‘s/tvlo’ 45.42, ‘skyldo’ 45.10, ‘skyWi’ 41.6, ‘s/fyldi’ 41.61,
‘skyldi’ 41.33, ‘skyidv’ 45.73, ‘þodan’ 45.31, ‘þo/’ 41.62, ‘þe/m’ 45.71,
'þeir’ 41.66, (also 45.71), ‘þdr/-a/i’ 41.117/41.117/41.7, ‘þessi’ 41.74,
‘þc/ta’ 41.84, -‘þ/7/g’ as ‘(vár)þ/ng’ 45.61, ‘þor-’ as ‘Þor(gvn//a)’ 41.14.
A superscript dot indicating the lengthening (gemination) of a consonant
is found in ‘vþ’ = ‘vpp’ 41.34 - 46.20 (x 7) ct ‘vpp’ 41.34 - 46.17 (x 9).
Once the word upp is written with double <p> plus a superscript dot over the
second <p>: ‘vpþ’ 45.6, transcribed as ‘vppp’.
ok is always in full ‘oc’, except for one occurrence of the barred Tironian
note (z) at line-end 46.17.