F. Other abbreviations

† ÁM           Árni Magnússon

c.                circa

C10th          tenth century (etc.; # C10th-11th not C10th-C11th)

ch.              chapter

chs              chapters

# d.             died

# ed.           editor, edited (by)

# edn          edition

# eds           editors, editions

‡ fol.           folio

‡ fols          folios

hap. leg.     hapax legomenon (pl. legomena) — unique word(s)

‡ l.              line

‡ ll.             lines

lit.               literally (for use in translations [# italicised] and notes [# roman])

† lv.            lausavísa

† lvv.           lausavísur

ms.              manuscript

mss             manuscripts

n.                note (but e.g. anm. if notes are labelled as such in the source)

# no.           number

p.                page

pp.              pages

† r.              reigned (of regnal dates of kings, earls etc.)

S.                Saint

SS.              Saints

# sby           somebody (similar usage to sth.)

# sth.           something; e.g. þeygja yfir e-u 'keep silent about sth.'

† sp.            spelt/spelled

st.                stanza

sts               stanzas

v.                verse

vv.              verses

# vol.          volume

‡ w. o.        word order

‡ lectio facilior     easier reading

‡ lectio difficilior  more difficult reading

‡ Note that 'v. l.' / 'vv. ll.' is not included: use 'variant reading(s)'.

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