# Comparative Liturgy & Text Evolution — Page 10

## Witness Manuscripts
| Siglum | Name | Date | Role |
|--------|------|------|------|
| GKS 2365 4to | Codex Regius | c. 1270 | primary |
| AM 748 I 4to | Codex Wormianus fragment | c. 1350 | variant witness |
| Hauksbók | AM 371 4to | c. 1330 | prose parallel |
| Paper copies | 17th–19th c. transcripts | 1643+ | normalisation layer |

## Stanza Collation (this page)

### Poem boundary (page 10)
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| **Poem** | Hávamál |
| **Section** | st. 88–104 |
| **Corpus type** | mythological |


## Organ of the Language
- **Phonology**: Old West Norse (Icelandic transmission)
- **Meter**: Fornyrðislag / ljóðaháttr (poem-dependent)
- **Oral layer**: Eddic poems preserve pre-Christian mythological strata with Christian framing in places
- **Carving trace**: Younger Futhark inscriptions and runestone formulas as distant cognates, not direct liturgical copies

## Thematic Cross-References (Christian ↔ Pagan parallels)
- **Cosmogony & world-tree**: Yggdrasil, Ginnungagap, Ragnarök cycle ↔ Genesis creation narrative, Apocalyptic revelation literature
- **Heroic death & afterlife**: Valhǫll, Hel, fylgja ↔ Judgment, soul's destination
- **Wisdom contest / flyting**: Óðinn as wisdom-seeker ↔ Solomon wisdom literature (structural)

*Expand stanza keys as poem boundaries are mapped across all 144 pages.*