Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1965, Blaðsíða 44
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still fairly well preserved: u (possibly a), d (possibly o),
r, and o or v (possibly d). With the possibility of one
or more abbreviations the number of combinations is
fairly large, and I am unable to suggest a good reading.
The other versions are too different at this point to help.
A possibility might be adrv[m], with a u (cf. audrum,
same line) omitted or perhaps added above the line and
therefore now clipped off. Line 3, lætur should perhaps
read let; the ur abbreviation is very uncertain, and it
may be only a dot. Line 5, in the left-hand margin some-
thing is written with a superscript o (or perhaps e). What
is under the o is very imperfect, although it might be
the remnant of a g. The line, as preserved, does not
seem to lack anything, but the end is of course clipped
off. Line 6, in morg- the superscript o for or is not closed
completely (looks somewhat like the ar abbreviation),
and of the g only the bare top is preserved. Ok seems
certain, and the superscript a is quite clear, but the letter
under it, which I have read as / is very uncertain. Again,
neither of the other versions help.
Even with the small amount of text still preserved in
1230, it is quite clear that this version differs considerably
from both A and B. JB observes that to some extent the
fragments agree better with B than A (p. 198). The follow-
ing points should be noted. Erex is named at once in
1230 and—aside from the titles in A and B (Chrétien,
19)—very quickly in A (4:7), whereas in B he is not
specifically named until a bit later (6:20; Chrétien, 82;
cf. discussion in section on names above). 1230 mentions
the kringlotta bordi which finds an echo, if no real parallel,
in B (4:20) that is absent in A. war j einum in 1230 (a:3)
is closer to B (3:10) than to A (3:4), as is er (b:3), the
use of Iáta,fer (b:4), um, and mrla (b:6; assuming a cor-
rect reading). The heyra uillde edur sia (b: 1) is also closer
to B (4:30)—though by no means identical—than to A
(cf. 4:14). However einn hjörtur (b:4) is closer to A than