[8] dróttin ‘the Lord’: The root vowel must be long here to provide aðalhending with skjótt; cf. sts 43/2 and 45/7. Elsewhere the expected late form drottinn is used (sts 11/8, 26/5, 28/1, 34/1, 37/6 and especially 13/8 brott ... drotni. See further Note to Anon Alpost 8/8).