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In sub-group A2 are found two MSS: AM 326d 4to
and ÍB 62 fol. Of these AM 326d 4to is the older and
undoubtedly the better. It is henceforward referred to as
A2. ÍB 62 fol. can not, however, have been copied from
A2 since there are many instances where it agrees with
Hr against A2. These are quoted here with the Hr reading
in front of a square bracket followed by A2’s reading.
I7 hafre] hafur, l10 Maria] Marit, 55 seiger] sagþi, 76
Heming] after þinn, 1312 huornn] + er, 1410 Hem(ing)\ +
ad, 176 hœfdi] hœfr, 18° ef] + ath, 212 þordi] + ord,
227 frarri] framar, 2414 sem] er, 2510 Hem(ingi)] +, 2516
aller latast] latast her aller, 2915 og2] + , 306 ualld] +
a, 3016 menn] + hans, 3016 okater] + en. Some of these
variants A2 holds in common with A1’3, namely those
at l7.10, 306.
A2 has rather more independent variants from Hr
than A1. A selection of these is given here. suar(ar) in
Hr is 11 times represented by seiger in A2, 213 tok—
ueizlu] +, 4s fceda] + mega, 83 firer] + enn, 101 þanri]
so (þad A1’3 B), 1015 eri] er ek a (at ek a A1’3), 111 kemur]
+ inn, ll8 þa] +, 146 ofari] nidur, 183 kuaddi] beiddi,
189 ef] + ath, 1913 makligleika] before hefder, 221 uar ei]
inverted, 251 hlaupa] lupu, and where A1 provides the
basic text, 3214 kurteysasti] + var Wilh(ialmur), 3316
kiœrleyki—þeim] þötte vera monnum winatta med þeim.
ÍB 62 fol. has considerably more variants from Hr
than A2. A few examples are quoted here (A2’s reading
the same as Hr’s unless stated to the contrary): 27 islen-
sker] islensker corr. from vikuersker (vijkverker A2), 66
Iata hier] inverted, 92 manna] + fyrir, 101-2 þann—koslig-
astur] taka þann kost sem lykar best, 1512 epter] nu aptr,
265 leyfa] lofa, variant to 29°] Emma (Anna A2), 312
hiet] + Ulfnadrsson (+ Ulfgards sori), 3316 kiœrleyki—
þeim] þotti monnum vera vinatta med þeim (þötte vera
monnum winatta med þeim A2). Nine of the variants are
held in common with A3, e.g. variant to 23 Steig, 27