Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1965, Blaðsíða 29
XXVII
The form of the catchword rather often does not agree
completely with the form which begins the next page—
references here will be to pages in the MS, since these
are clearly marked in the text: pp. 3/4 sterkumm/sterkum,
4/5 ok bid—as catchword b is corrected from something,
5/6 riddare/riddari, 7/8 atburdum/atburdumm, 8/9 sitiande/
sitiandi, 11/12 til þessrar/til þessarar, 17/18 heffver/hefver,
19/20 ri'da/rida, 20/21 gudveffiar/gudvefiar, 23/24 dggum
enn/enn, 27/28 pryde/prýdi, 28/29 fiQlda/fÍQlIda, 30/31
þinum/þinumm—catchword has one stroke too many (see
above), 33/34 langt framm/langt framm, 36/37 heilQgum/
heiÍQgQgumm, 37/38 Idt mig brott/lat mik brott 39/40
övit/ovit, 41/42 sverdum/sverdumm, 45/46 i blöde/blödi,
46/47 steypte/steypti, 47/48 aff Qllu/af qIIu, 48/49 enn han/
enn hann, 49/50 dagh/dag, 50/51 hestinum/hestinumm, 51/52
sina hQnd/sina hQnd, 52/53 vndss/uns—the d is imperfectly
formed, 55/56 heffur/hefvur, 62/63 geffa/gefva, 63/64 griet
nu/griet, 64/65 gymsteinum/gymsteinumm, 65/66 heitir/
hejtir, 66/67 fagnad/fagnat, 70/71 enn ek yrde/enn ekjrdi,
72/73 med blidu/bl'idu, 73/74 under/undir. Certain general-
izations may be made. There is a distinct tendency to
write a double nasal (six times m, once n) in the text
proper, but a single nasal in the catchword; only once
is the reverse true. The tendency is due, no doubt, to
a desire to fill up as much space as possible—a scribe was
paid by the quantity of pages. On the other hand, the
catchword shows ff for / (twice), jfv for /v (once), and ff
for/v (twice). Also interesting is the observation that the
catchword shows e in endings where the text proper has i
(seven times). The catchword forms þessrar, mig, fagnad,
and perhaps dagh, might seem to reflect usage which was
more the scribe’s own, whereas the corresponding forms
in the text proper are more “formal” or “traditional” and
might possibly reflect forms of the original.
On the first four pages of the MS certain words are
underlined in an ink which looks very similar to that of