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redaction. It is convenient to begin by comparing the
A-MSS which contain the whole saga, namely A1'3. A3
(or A3 etc.) is here taken to be representative of the
*Ab-group, cf. below pp. lxxiii ff.
None of the three MSS can have been copied from
either of the two others. The age of the MSS makes
it impossible for A1 and A2 to have been copied from
A3. It is doubtful whether A1 or A2 is the older MS,
but both A1 and A2 contain distinctive variants which
are not found in the other A-MSS and which can be
proved by comparison with B1 to be innovations.
A1 opposed to A2-3 = B1 (i.e. innovations in A1):
3:17 -f- A1) settizt þar (4 A3) nidr A^B1
3:20 verid A1] setid A^B1
3:22 sat fyrir A1] sat A^B1
3:30 sa alldri A1] þottizt alldri . . . sied hafa A2-3B].
3:32-33 nu vard skip landfast A1] nu veik skipit at landi A2-3,
rendi níí skipit ... at landi B1.
3:40 skinandi frægd A1] med skinandi fegurd A^B1.
3:42 mikill ok sterkvr A1] mikill ok (4- A3) sterkur ok fagur A2,3,
míkill ok fagur B1.
4:3 er bezt væri A1] er bezt væri (var A3) j borginni þuiat suo
sagdi (hugde A3) hann rat fader hans mundi gera (faudur sinn
gióra munde A3) ef hann væri suo (þar A3) kominn A2 3, ok
giorde hann sier þat i skap, ef at fadir hanns væri sva staddur
at hann mundi sier þat herbergi velia, er best væri i borginnj
B1.
4:5 hóll stora A1] haller storar A2 3Bb
4:6 þar ste hann A1] hann Reid at þeirri (þangad A3) ok stie
A2-3, ok reid hann níí þangat til ok steig B1.
4:21 teknir A1] leyster A^B1.
4:22 voru settar A1] komu fram A2'3B!.
4:23 tA1] ok vatnn j A2'3, þar var i vatn B1.
4:68 tA1] j Franz A2'3, i Fracklande B1.
4:71 ,x. A1] tueim A2, ij edr iij A3, tveymur B1.
4:91 tA'| med sannindum A2'3B'.
4:94 yfir A1] yfir miog morgum A2, yfer suo morgumm A3, yfir
sva marga B1.