Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1962, Síða 47
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Benediktsson of Staðarfell (| 1849)). HÞ’s title is Þmttr
af Hemingi Aslákssyni. At the end of HÞ Halldór has
written, “þennan þátt skrifade ek mér up, mest vegna
Islendínga þeira, er þar gétr, ok einkum Odds Ofeigs-
s(onar) sem ok í fleire stðdum kémr vid Sðgu Harallds
Hardráda, ok hefr optar enn eitt sinn getad heppelega
sloppit ur hðndum honum. Þáttrenn var í Skruddu med
hende Sr Jóns gamla Helga s(onar). hefr ek ad mestu
skrifad rángt ok rett þar epter, medan tilvannz, fylgde
ek stundum hans bókstafan, stundum minne, svo þat er
reglula/st. Jafnframt hafde ek þáttinn med sélegre Unglíngs-
hende, nýlega skrifadan, var Sr Jóns vída sðgulegre í
Orda tiltækium, ok ordfyllri, hvar fyrer honum framar
fylgde, enn tók þó ordamun ur hinum, ok sette hann
útfra ok þar vid al. Sr Jóns þáttr var ej fullkominn til
enda, hættiz hann hér pag. 15. 1. 19. vid ordit Biorn
(corresponding to 2831 in the present edition), vard ek þar
epter ad skrifa eins ok hinn hafde, hratt í lid í einstðku
stad, þó spart, þvi sem ek visse ad rángfært var. Þáttr
Sr Jóns hefr eingin Capitula skipte, tók ek þa/g epter
hinum, þar honum vard ek ad fylgia hvort ed var, úr
þvi hinn fyrre hætte. Ecki helld ek Sr Jón hafe epter
godum Codice skrifad, þottiz ek finna sumt rángt hiá
honum, oc sumt hefr eg grunsamt, hvar um ej meira ad
sinne”. Jón Helgason gamli is the Jón Helgason (1699-
1784) who was consecrated priest in 1719. Since Flat was
sent to Copenhagen in 1656, Séra Jón’s HÞ cannot be a
direct transcript from that MS but it would seem to have
been copied from some now lost copy of Flat. It is
possible that the MS Conrector Halldór used was Nks
1704 4to which contains the Flat text of HÞ in Jón
Helgason’s hand (cf. above p. xliv). There is nothing in
the character of the variants of the two MSS that can
either disprove or confirm this theory. HÞ “med sélegre
Unglíngshende” would appear to be a MS closely related
to Lbs 1754 8vo (cf. below p. xlvii). The capital divisions