Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1962, Blaðsíða 183
clxxxi
þat is written in full þath 22 times, l20 etc. and þat
three times, 515 2722 2824, otherwise it is written as þ with
a cross-stroke. This abbreviation has been expanded as
þath in the edition.
There are also found nokut 632, navkud 1724, havfut
ll14. The 2nd pers. pl. is written skulvd 827.
The ending -it appears regularly with -t, e.g. skepttit
1529, geingit ll12, mikit ll28, but spellings with d do occur,
e.g. hefttid 1529, fared 729, komed ll21. The ending -at
is regularly written -ad, e.g. skipad 330, annad 414, hingad
716. -d is also found in the single-syllabled past-participle
sied 2224, the regular later form.
(iii) Other remarks about consonants.
ð is not found in this MS, being replaced by d, t, th
and once by þ (hliþina 2223).
A /-like symbol is regularly written for the prep. i,
e.g. 628.
-ft- is regularly written -pt-, e.g. eptter 528, apttur
1918, skepttit 1529, skiptti 2827, but two instances of -ft-
are found, kraftta 527, hefttid 1529.
The word hnot is once incorrectly archaised to knot
1622, knot is the usual spelling in Hr (cf. above p. clxxv).
k is replaced by g in sligtt 414, lugttur 833, myrgtt 2033.
/ is omitted in siafan 926, an omission which is best
known from dialects in western Norway.
r is lost before st in fyst 2827.
v is once represented by / in aurfarinnar 1426.
v is represented by the small capital w in wel 1030.
Original g+s is once represented by x in huxad 633.
Etymologically correct z is found in veizlur 228 etc.,
hellzt 1826, siztt 1820. z is found in the gen. sing. after
d and II, e.g. in landz 1731 and allz 2723.
z represents original tfs in spioz 1422 etc.
The superlative ending -astr is always written with z,
e.g. kurteisazttur 220, katazttur 728.
z is also found in ymezt 2223.