Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1968, Side 56

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B4 omits 13 ogx-sina, 26-28 eirnn-hitta, 112-13 hvnl-kongz,
135-36 ad—verda, 166-67 þad—heira, 215-16 þa-drottningu,
262-63 med-keisara.
B5 omits 10-11 sem2-drap, 46-47 so-leist, 83-88 ciedruz-gafvr,
129-35 ad-hunn, 198-99 er-skalf.
B6 omits 41 og2-hyngad, 83-86 ciedruz-oss, 147 vel-mote2,
162-63 helge-- Christi, 175-76 j-huornn] minar fiárhirdslur,
243 og—hveitenu.
B7 omits 15-16 j-lifa, 54-55 suórt og svórdlauz, 63-65 hann-
edvr, 76-77 og-erennde, 85-86 og-pyna, 87-88 er-gafvr.
B8 has numerous omissions, see the printed text in C,
p. 19 ff. (cf. p. lxiv f.)
B3-8 divide themselves into two groups, B3 and
B4-8 g3 frequently agrees with B1-2 against B4 8,
see, for example, the following variants: 6 pad,
57 veik, 105 jarteiJcner, 119 biost, 120 silfvr, 149
hvad-var. Elsewhere B4 8 agree with B1-2 against B3,
e.g. where B3 has been revised (see p. xlviii).
B6 and B8 must have a common source for they
frequently agree against the other B texts, e.g.
164 ýdar\ ödrum B5-6, 203-04 steirnen] + enn er
hun rsier (sa B6) steininn B5-6.
On the basis of the information above, the following
stemma can be given for the B texts:
*Bi-s
§í B2 *B3-s
B8 *B4"8
B4 *B5-6 B7 B8
B5 B6
There are, however, a number of readings which
are not explained by the stemma, cf., for example,
the variants to 121 sæde, 131 fedrvnvm, 165 geim-
steinar, 187 leider, 211 eingla.
A peculiar feature is an interpolation which is