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(cf. GC, p. 37, note 8). Two other names require special
note, Jochim and Malcheus, with which GC had diffi-
culties. The readings are certain enough, but the ch in
both is written in a very unusual fashion. The c does not
curve under at the bottom, which is, in itself, a not
uncommon type in the MS. The h is then placed partly
over the c, and the stroke on the left side thus does not
come down below the point where the swing off to the
right begins. In addition, the us of the second name is
abbreviated with a mark like a raised comma which is
not common in the MS—otherwise only twice, in Artus
(27:7 and 29:2). The form Errek which occurs only on
the cover deserves notice, because it is foreign to both
the A and the B texts but is found in the 1230 fragments
(r). In the catalogue, “Catalogus librorum Arnæ Mag-
næi”, (preserved as AM 384 fol.) which Jón Ólafsson
drew up shortly after Árni Magnússon’s death (1730), for
AM 181 ES is cited as “Erreks Saga”. The form with
-rr- would thus seem to have been current in the circle
about Árni, wherever it may have come from. It also
occurs in the Skikkjurímur 1:14 (cf. Finnur Jónsson’s ed.,
Rímnasafn, Vol. 2, S.T.U.A.G.N.L., [Copenhagen, 1913-
22]).
The following forms have an incorrect number of
strokes in combinations of i or u with a nasal: sijnurh
(9:6) and ollum (69:1) each lack one stroke, drottning
(30:4) has one too many.
The form of the catchword does not always agree
exactly with that which begins the next column or page—
references here are to page and column in the MS, since
these are clearly indicated in the printed text: lva/b
sijna/liet sijna (i.e. repetition of liet as well), lvb/2ra
og/verid og, 2rb/va Ipir/Malpir, 4vb/5ra riddari/hertuge,
5ra/b unnustur/vnnustur, 5vb/6ra til frœgdar/verda, 6ra/b
mitt/er mitt, 6rb/va hanz/rijki.
At various places throughout the MS there appear