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The reflexive forms of the verb are regularly written
with -zt(t), e.g. treystumztt 521, ykiztt 2821, forvitnaztt 619,
liezt l17. There are two instances where they are written
with -z,finnaz 1328, tavlvdvmz 632. The only form that is
recorded with ,v is legst 1920 etc. and this is always so spelt.
c) Word forms.
The definite article is written five times with hi- and
twice with e-, e.g. hinn 423, hinvm 2724, hitt 516 and ens l13.
Nouns. kykuenndi 2329, hybylvm 1022.
Verbs. u has been introduced by analogy in sav 2118.
Pret. of blása is bleis 2628. Imperative sennttu 815.
Adverbs. The negative appears frequently as ei, e.g.
I20, or in one of two abbreviated forms, eci (expanded
ecki) and e{ (expanded eigi) but there are 25 instances
of the rare form, eiki, e.g. 324 515>16, and one of eikki,
522. alldri is so spelt 619 etc. burt is abbreviated bvtt and
has been expanded brvtt but it is once written in full
burtt 718.
Agreement of the past-participle with a direct object
is seen in four instances, hefer buna veizlvna 727, senndi
favr hefi ek ydur hugda 821, ek hefi eiki .... mina kurteisi
synda 1327"28, hefi ek buna ferd 1730 against three instances
where the past participle does not agree, þann er kongur
hafdi haftt 2124, hann mvndi af honvm knifin tekit hafa
2 1 25-26, buit haufvm vœr ydra ferd 2127.
XIV. EARLIER EDITIONS,
TRANSLATIONS ETC.
An extract from HÞ relating to Líka-Loðin (from AM
326b and Hb, 415-4310) was printed in Grönlands Hi-
storiske Mindesmœrker II, Copenhagen, 1838, 666-67,
together with an introduction and notes and Björn
Jónsson of Skarðsá’s version of the Loðin episode.
The first edition of HÞ was in Sex sögu-þœttir, sem