s. 69. The Scandinavian branch of the Gothic stock comprehends, 1. The dialects of Scandinavia Proper, _i.e._, of Norway and Sweden; 2. of the Danish isles and Jutland; 3. of Iceland; 4. of the Feroe Isles. On the side of Lapland the languages of this branch come in contact with the Laplandic and Finlandic; whilst in Sleswick they are bounded by the Low German. {29} SPECIMENS. _Icelandic_ (Fareyinga-Saga--Ed. Mohnike). Ok n['u] er that eitthvert sinn um sumarit, at Sigmundr maelti til th['o]ris: "Hvat mun verdha, tho at vidh farim ['i] sk['o]g thenna, er h[`e]r er nordhr fr['a] gardhi?" th['o]rir svarar: "['a] thv['i] er m[`e]r eingi forvitni," segir hann. "Ekki er m[`e]r sv[^a] gefit," segir Sigmundr, "ok th['a]ngat skal ek fara." "th['u] munt r['a]dha hlj['o]ta," segir th[^u]rir, "en brj['o]tum vidh tha bodhordh f['o]stra m['i]ns." Nu f['o]ru their, ok hafdhi Sigmundr vidharoexi eina i hendi s[`e]r; koma i sk['o]ginn, ok ['i] rj[^o]dhr eitt fagurt; ok er their hafa thar eigi leingi verit, th['a] heyra their bjoern mikinn hardhla ok grimligan. that var vidhbjoern mikill, ['u]lfgr['a]r at lit. their hlaupa nu aptra ['a] stiginn than, er their hoeldhu th['a]ngat farit; stigrinn var mj['o]r ok thraurigr, ok hleypr th['o]rir fyrir, en Sigmundr s['i]dhar. D['y]rit bleypr n['u] eptir theim ['a] stiginn, ok verdhr thv['i] thraungr stigrinn, ok brotna eikrnar fyrir thvi. Sigmundr snyr th['a] skj['o]tt ['u]t af stignum millum trj['a]nna, ok bidhr thar til er dyrit kemr jafn-fram honum. tha hoeggr hann jafnt medhal hlusta ['a] d[^y]rinu medh tveim hoendum, sv[^a] at exin soekkr. En d[^y]rit fellr ['a]fram, ok er dautt. _Feroic._