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170 Saga-Book of the Viking Society
other abbreviations are found in Icelandic words (except
constr:, etc., at the beginnings of the explanatory notes,
which is expanded to construe).
The letters u, o, and yare almost universally (both in
the Icelandic and Latin) written with two dots or
accents (less often a single dot) above, in place of the
more normal curl. Since these signs are without
significance (except to distinguish the letters from n,
etc.) they are here omitted. But over other vowels,
where they are "length" marks they are retained (and
printed as dots).
Corresponding to modern Icelandic 0 Sveinn often writes
o with accent or dot above it and hook or short slanting
stroke below it: all these forms have been printed as I} (as
was usual in printed books in the seventeenth century).
There is often a hook written underneath a, but this is
not reproduced. "Grave" accents are often written over
the final letters of Latin words, especially adverbs, and
are not reproduced. Otherwise single accents, dots and
hooks are printed where they occur in the MS.
The capitalisation (in so far as it is distinguishable) and
punctuation of the manuscript have been followed, but B
as a variant form of b (i.e. not a capital) is not indicated..
Commas, however, are often written a long way below the
line and are sometimes indistinct. Some redundant full
stops in the explanations have been omitted.
Words and parts of words occasionally repeated after
a line or page division are omitted, and slips of the pen
corrected by the scribe are not recorded. Accidental
omissions by the scribe are supplied between angle
brackets. All other departures from the manuscript are
indicated in the textual notes.