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In F 1-148, where both F3 and F4 are preserved, F5 usually
has the same readings as F3-4. The few exceptions are so
insignificant that they are not worth mentioning. Where F3
and F4 disagree, F5 ean agree with F3 or with F4 or it can
differ from both of them. The conclusion must be, then,
that F5 is derived from the same source as F3'4, and an
agreement between two of these texts gives the reading of
the source.
F3 and F5 agree against F4: 2 932 ár betur, i dalnum Eynan
(corrected to Sýnan) á Jórsala landi, 23-24 a þennann hátt
rvar (-=-F3) Set so ámintur affödur sinumfór hann, 30 til\ -h,
39-40 ad rettu inn höfdi, 42 og\ +ymislegum, eorrected to
ymislegur (ávöxtur), 59 í þridia sinn baud eyngillin, 61 w,pp2]
-s-, 77 þa\+er, 77 vildi aftur hverfa, 88 er\ h-, 96 þessháttar,
97 hann, 141 helgada, 147 lcallandi.
F4 and F5 agree against F3: 14 ad ( -hF4) boda, 30 orsök,
30-31 ferdar og þarkómu, 41 fegurd þa (object of skinia) sem]
fegurd su (subject of var), 42 med fuglanna, 50 Set þá ad
hugsa, 53 fyrer, 60 dýra\+og, 71 grœtur, 84 skaltu merkia,
85 merkerxJ\ 89 merker—kiarna\ sinir oss marga kiárna og,
93 er, 94 honum, 95 gladur2, 115 -heitis, 144 menn\+og.
F4 and F5 agree where F3 is mouldered away: 7 kallade] +á,
9 hann\ hana.
F3, F4 and F5 differ from each other: 15 huorre\ sem,
38 ad\ i, 58-59 og óttadist hann ákaflega aftur skundandi rtil
eyngilsins (crossed out), 103 alnar háir, 139-41 fillte—vera\
þá ylmadi af þeim um allann herinn og alt hans föruneit(i)
ad þeir sannlega trúdu sig komna vera i paradis og.
After 148, where F3 eoncludes, all F4’s variant readings
are quoted in the variant apparatus. Most of them are found
in F5; the exceptions are: 149 nú, 149, kóngur, 150 fyrer—
krossens\ firir kraft heilags anda, 150-51 og—til, 152 hinum^
h- , 153 sem\ er, 153 kom til, 154 þvílíkre, 155 setti—i, 156-57
og sofandi á ncetur tima. mátti hann, 158-59 i maklegum stad
plantada vera vyrduglega, 162 rietti, 164 þeir\ þessir vendir,
165 ad1—komandj\ enn ad mörgum ad komandi, 165 þa—ad'1]
og konginum siálfum ad kómandi, 166-67 þessu stórmerki af
konunginum (sic), 167 hann, 170 þadann l burtu\ upp, 171 so
almáttuglega nidur, 172 múra\ giöra múr, 172 tiornina\ þá
tiörn, 173 í, 173 30\ mörg, 173 samann rennandi, 174 lagdi—
siálfur, 175 ad, 175 mœtti, 177 heilaga, 177 um daga Davids
kongs vagsandi alt ad dögum, 180 smida, 180-85 sœmdar og
virdingar og þad bar so vid ad þegar vantadi sidasta bitann