Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1962, Síða 177
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knot, e.g. 167. It is interesting to note that in the Flat
version of HÞ the normal spelling of this word is hnot
but that it is once found as knot 1622 (cf. Bandle, 143-44).
A /-like symbol is often used for the prep. i, and
initially once in jnn 95.
In words with rl, unassimilated forms are the com-
monest, kerling 92 etc., karl 92 etc., jarl 311 etc., but notice
kellingar 28. The words jarl and karl are sometimes
written jarll and karll, e.g. 3517 and 108, a spelling which
probably indicates the falling together of rl and ll as
[dl] (cf. Bandle 157-60).
m before -st in lst pers. pl. of the middle voice is only
represented in the MS by a stroke over the preceding u.
This is expanded in the edition as -n-. Two instances are
found where this -n- has been lost uid toludust 613, uid
finnust 241.
For older nn after -ei-, the MS frequently has r with
a stroke above or rn in full, e.g. eirn l6 etc., eirnnrar
256"7, Skir teirn 2928. rn is the commonest spelling in
forms of einn but einn is recorded twice 89 812 (cf. Bandle
158-60).
uernda 193 shows incorrect insertion of r (cf. Bandle
162).
Before t, ts<ð-\-s is found once as s, kuest 236 (cf.
Bandle 175).
There is one other example of ,s- = original ðs, Adal-
rasson 299.
Intervocalic v is once represented by / in siofar 1712.
The use of z is not consistent. Etymologically correct
z is found in ueizlu 213 etc. but s is often found in this
word, 212 etc. and also in hellst 1811, sist 186, lœst 288.
z is often written in the gen. sing. after d (d, ð), t, ll and
nn, e.g. sundz 1810, Einglandz 294, spiotz 1412, allz 368,
mannz 304 (cf. Bandle 166-67). Older góðs appears in
the form goz, e.g. gozi 277 but note gotz 3022, godz 109
(cf. Bandle 174-75).