Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series A - 01.10.2003, Blaðsíða 106

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Ligatures and modified letters <æ>, <aa>, <æ>; the latter two may carry
double accents <æ>, <æ>. The ligature <æ> is unexpected in a fourteenth-
century manuscript, and the most likely explanation is that it is a variant of
the graph <aa>; <é> and <ð> occur frequently.
Accents <aa> and <æ> sometimes carry double accents <æ>, <æ>, see
above. <á> (or perhaps <á» occurs once, in the name ‘Sámur’/‘Sámur’
49.14.
Capitals Sporadically these occur when sentences begin. They may
contain in their design an internal point or points e g ‘Sidan’ 26.32, ‘Vm’
26.34, or additional verticals ‘Ketill’ 1.23 (not 1.13), ‘Sidan’ 26.83, ‘En’
27.29.
Small majuscules do not occur.
Abbreviations
General A bar above one or more letters of a word or through its tall letters
acts as general abbreviator ‘skfft’ ‘skollt’ 48.9, ‘nori’ ‘Noregi’ 1.8, ‘nor’
‘Nor(eg)’ 1.11. Consonant lengthening may be indicated by a dot above the
letter Teggur’ 27.33, ‘fyr/-’ 48.11.
Particular Superscripts (one example of each): <e>: ‘re’ ‘drepa’ 2.9, <‘>:
‘ri’ ‘ofr/di’ 1.8, also ‘ui’ ‘hn/ta’ 1.24 and ‘iki’ ‘rikV 1.21, <m>: ‘um’
‘godwm’ 3.6, <">: ‘an’ ‘undan’ 1.14, <°>: ‘or’ ‘for’ 2.12, <r>: ‘ar’ ‘suöra’
26.25, <“>: ‘un’ ‘mun’ 1.21.
The scribe also uses traditional abbreviating symbols: for etjir <» with
idiosyncratic outline resembling flourish, ‘hucrsu’ 26.24 (expanded ‘ir’ in
endings since that is the scribe’s usual spelling, ‘sum/r’ 1.9); for ra/va, a
form that resembles <7t> (pi) ‘fram’ 1.21, ‘sua' 26.30; for ‘ur’ a form
resembling r rotunda ‘dottn/-’ 1.3, or else the ‘long-tailed insular a’ form
O ‘nockw/ar’ 1.17. The ‘nasal stroke’ indicating omission of following
<m> or <n> is also used, as ‘uetrum’ 1.9, ‘fundin’ 2.8.
Abbreviated words (one example of each) ‘e1’: ‘eigP 26.80, ‘e'-’: ‘er’
26.24, ‘f’: ‘f/r/r’ 1.12, ‘h’: ‘han' 3.7, ‘mz’: ‘mannz’ 1.27, ‘mz’: ‘med' 1.6,
‘f’: ‘tiV’ 1.7, ‘u’’: ‘uid' 3.6, ‘þ’: ‘þaí’ 3.6, ‘þ1’: ‘þui’ 1.14, ‘u°’: ‘uorn’ 1.9,
‘t°’: ‘toko' 17.83. Many other common words are abbreviated by the general
contraction bar.
Tironian notes <z> with a median bar is used for ‘oc’ 1.3 - 49.31 (spelt in
full x 9), <o> is used for ‘con’ in ‘cono' 1.16.