>First of all, there are differences in punctuation. Where Jónsson
>tends to use the semi-colon, Kock uses the period. This again
>leads to Kock using more upper case letters. (after each period)
>But there are also a few differences in language as well as spelling,
>of which I'd like to make a brief list below:

Most of the differences reflect different interpretations of the mss.
Kock may have preferred another manuscript than Finnur did.

>Verse 2, line 7: F.J. has "háseymða" ; Kock has "háseymda".
>Verse 6, line 9: F.J. has "ho,lða" ; Kock has "ho,lda".
>Verse 11, line 5: F.J. has "siglðum" ; Kock has "Sigldum".

This is a notable difference. Finnur uses the older forms here
(those with ð). Kock's forms are those we have today.

It would be interesting if you looked up the cases where Finnur
and Kock are in discord in the mss texts. They can be found in
book A of Finnur's Skjaldedigtning.

This is a good example:

Verse 15, line 10: F.J. has "strenglágar" ; Kock has "strengflaugar".

I don't know what the mss say here but there are several possibilities.

1. There might be one ms with "strenglágar" and another with "strengflaugar".

2. Either Finnur or Kock might have decided that the ms-text didn't make
sense and decided to ammend.

3. Both Finnur and Kock decided that the ms-text didn't make sense
(it might be a nonsensical word; maybe "strengflagar".) and amended.

I think the first possibility is the likeliest. Can you find out Keth?

Regards,
Haukur