Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1983, Page 104

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and cannot always be distinguished from the curl
which is normally written above u. The curl above a u
is often placed so far to the right of the u that it
looks as though it stands above the following letter. It
can thus sometimes be impossible to determine
whether the letters written represent u (with a curl) +
o, or u (without a curl) + o. This difficulty arises
particularly frequently in connection with the com-
monly occurring word-forms suo and huor-/ huör-
(from older ‘hver-’, ‘hvár-’). On the basis of the
instances which seem to be written most distinctly, it
has been decided to adopt the expedient of repro-
ducing these word-forms as suo and huör- respec-
tively. (Where huor- occurs in the text, this corres-
ponds to the abbreviated form hu° in the MS.) The
expansion hubr- is, however, unfortunate in that it
necessitates the assumption that the scribe regularly
omitted the curl over u before, and only before, o; this
is not, however, the case in the word kublld (e.g. 5:9,
16, 18).
Diacritical marks (curls, accents) are not employed
in expanded forms: mm is thus represented as monn-
um etc.
e and i altemate in endings; e occurs the more
frequently. Abbreviated forms have therefore been
expanded with e.
Similarly, u and o alternate in endings; u is by far
the commoner of the two. e° has nevertheless been
expanded as ero and sko as skulo (cf. 4:51-52 mono
2x).
ur and r occur side by side; ur is by far the
commoner of the two. Abbreviations have been ex-
panded with ur.
þci has been expanded with a single k in accor-
dance with, e.g., þike 4:124, 125.
ok, ek are written thus in full and these are