Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1960, Side 29

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585c was written by Jón Þórðarson in 1691. In
1694 the same man wrote a copy of Hervarar (or
Heiðreks) saga, in which he used Hervarar rímur to
supplement and correct his text (cf. Acta Philologica
Scandinavica IX, 1934—35, pp. 159—60). It is then
tempting to guess that this section in Gibbons saga
also is his work. There are some scribal mistakes in
585c, which however can have come about when the
author copied his own draught (after hliödfære 4719
he at first continued with the text following the same
word in 4721; wýgr 6 720 is a mistake for owýgr or
uwýgr, if w is not to be read as uv; etc.). A mistake
which can only be st: i 1 y c ■ - oanson with the
rímur is 8000 3021 instfcuu. of 80000, as iií the rímur:
80000 þýda
þundur taldi moens skýda.
The metre demands “áttatigi þúsundir.”
The late loanwords befala 5715 and inntalca 7223
are taken over from the rímur.”
The central episode (= D) of AM. 119a, 8°, on
the otber hand, clearly derives from a manuscript
original. Parallel early texts exist only in A and C.
Of the relationship between A, C and D tlie following
can be said:
(xi) CD sometimes agree as against A. So, for example:
A C D
271 fmnandi og flnnr og finnvr
282 Kollr + heim + heym
287 sivkleilcr krankleiki krankleyke
291 jara koma koma
305 saman lesandi og lætr saman og lætur saman
lesa lesa
314 fella leggia leggia
31° allt kongsinns allr her landzins allur her landz-
hof folk inz
334-6 flygr nv ok ferr fer nu og flygr fer nu og flygur