20 G. Stephens, 



gaghn. Doch alth for dy sa fanss naglie^ forsymath ok säth til baka som 

 gansska nyttogth war och är til siälenne salicheth Ok thet haftwa maghske 

 the gjorth som skrifFwath haftVa Thser fore hafFwer werdoghiste y gwdhi 

 Fader ok herre ärchebiskop Jacob y üpsala befeit ok bwdhit mich Erico 

 Nicolai Scolastico ther samastadhes wända oppa nyth thenna fornemda 

 book äff latjno ok oppa swensko badhe oppa tlie^ at teth som förra Avar 

 forsymath skwUe koma jn vaeth. ok for then skwl ty hans fadherligha 

 godheth hafvver latith jnsätia iiagher märkelighen stykke som äro gantzka 

 nyttok ok storligha til trösth tom människiom som liggia y teth ytersta 

 ok skwle döö. Sedan haffwer fornemde werdogiste Fader ok herre be- 

 felth beskedeligon ok fornomstogom mau Pawel grijs boketrj'kkiare ok 

 borghare y Upsala trykkia the/ma bok. Alle menligha olärda folke ok 

 särdelis Swerighis rikes jnbyggiarom. til andeliga nyttogheth och siä- 

 lenne ewighe salichet. Arom äfter gwdz byrdh Mdxiiij. Torsdaghen for 

 xj twsen jomfrwer. 



Wij äre alle pelegrjmer här oppa jorderike. 



Gwd lath os sa y jorderike peliegrjnigs reysa gaa 



Thf^ wy mottoin effter döden hymmelrikes glädhi faa». 



We can now proceed with our examination. Erik Nilsson has 

 plenty of the old slurrings: miller = milDer, omiller = omilDer, milhet 

 = milDhet; annas = änDas; the welloghade = välDige ; willer = wi 

 Der; hanternyng = hanDtering; enfalloget = enfalDighet ; gndhi i wal 

 = våld, etc. In B el = elD; unwika = unDvika; dye, dyghe = dygD; 

 crisne = cristne, crisnom = cristnom, etc. From the constant elision 

 of the D in ALDRE (Isl. ALDREGI, ALDRI) we have only oiie form, 

 ALLER or ALLRE, for both ALDRE, ALDRIG, never, and ALLRA, 

 ALDRA, g. pL, of all. So we have thiGa, but thiande; werd = verLd, 

 werdhin, werdin; in B we have troHen = troGen, troHa = troGa, döHen 

 = döden; in B skärseldz, skärselzs, skärrels; hwdens = hufvndets; etc. 

 — K is still often not yet G, tranlvth = trångt; dristiKheth = dristig- 

 het; jaK = jag; siK = sig. Otherwise the rapid transition of TH (t»), 

 T, and K to DH, D, GH, G, is everywhere visible: We have THE, THEN, 

 THY, etc. but also DE, DEN, DY etc. Usually MIK, SIK, TIK, etc. 

 but also SIGH, TIGH, etc. In B even TIHH. So onTH, onT, goTH, 

 siTH, eTH; morkreDH = mörkret, in B hedraDH = hedraDT etc.; noGH, 

 never noK; THw, THu, Tu, not Du; in ch. 54 »Werre än DEN eller 

 THEN. — Y is mostly graphic for ij or i. — The wellknown N for ]\I 

 is not uncommon; manghoN audroM, saNtykker, saNtykkiä, saNtykkian, 

 tolkoN tankoM, ensaMligha, ensaNligha = ensamt. — We have many 



