[3] átta ‘eight’: Ms. 568ˣ has átján ‘eighteen’, probably reflecting the statement in the prose text (B version and 568ˣ) that Friðþjófr and his men were a party of eighteen (Frið 1901, 13; Frið 1893, 69), although most A text mss put the number at thirteen (Frið 1914, 11).
References
- Bibliography
- Frið 1893 = Larsson, Ludvig, ed. 1893b. Sagan ock rimorna om Friðþiófr hinn frækni. SUGNL 22. Copenhagen: Malmström.
- Frið 1901 = Larsson, Ludvig, ed. 1901. Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna. ASB 9. Halle: Niemeyer.
- Frið 1914 = Wenz, Gustaf, ed. 1914. Die Friðþjófssaga in ihrer Überlieferung untersucht und der ältesten Fassung kritisch herausgegeben. Halle: Niemeyer.