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CXXVIII
agrees with E against F1, see, for example, the
following variants to F: 69 þeim, 81 leggia, 86 þann,
88 framar, 97 og sagde, 104 allt. In the last part of
Leg., where E is lacking and F2 has lacunae, F1 has
a number of variant readings against F3-4. It is
likely that in the following instances F2 agreed now
with F1, now with F3-4: 121 litu, 191 leingre, 197
sem-rykesins, 223 hreiner, 232 þá.
F3 cannot be a transcript of F4 for F3 sometimes
agrees with F1-2 against F4, e.g. 16 Seth ferdbúenn
so F3] Seth vard strax til og F4, 38-39 ad-sogdum
so F3] — F4, 46 Tigris so F3] Hidekel F4, 92 farsœllegre
so F3] þessa F4, 114 rfilltest allur (fyltu þeir allann F3)
herenn so F3] filtu þeir allann heim F4. Nor can F4
be a transcript of F3 for F3 at one point has a corrupt
reading which does not appear in F4: F1 42 triám
og avogstum. med fogrum, E 74-75 bloma kynum
avaxtanna og fuglanna (cf. L 49-50), F4 blöma og
jmsumm avöxtum med fuglanna; F3 blóma og imislegr
ávöxtr medfilgandi.
On the basis of the information above, the follow-
ing stemma can be given for the texts of E and F
(cf. p. cxcrv):
Latin source
Icelandic translation
É *Fi-4
*F1.2 *JT3.4
F1 F2 F3 F4
An error common to the F texts (E is lacking)
is perhaps 156 sofnade for sofnande.
The variants which do not fit in with the stemma
are insignificant:
30 sok F1'3] orsók Fl, E 61.
30 væri L’1-3] + til Fl, E 61.