r·•a.  (1)

÷llum m–nnum skal me• l–gum r·•a.  (2)

In form (1) the non-ascii chars are Hex(E1) and Hex(F0), which
represent the middle two letters in "ráða" (='to govern' and
related meanings). Also the last letter in "með" is represented
by Hex(F0) (= same as 3rd of ráða). However, in (1) the first
letter of "Öllum" is represented by the ascii-char Hex(51) =
= capital "Q", and the second letter of "mönnum" is represented

I've kept quiet on all this until now because honestly, I hadn't finished
with last yr's project to start working more than superficially with the
course.
However, now that starting tomorrow I will be putting my full energies to
the course I feel I have the right to speak up.
I'm a beginning language student. This is my first REAL attempt at another
language other than my native language. I'm also 40. Some of the discussions
lately
have made me discouraged before I really start. For the last couple of yrs
I've been reading the poems of the Codex Regius in parallel with a good (IMO)
English translation and felt pretty good about myself about what was picking
up of vocabulary and grammar. Not so any more...
Troth,
PTD