Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 13 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 8)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 846.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Ormstungu varð engi
allr dagr und sal fjalla
hœgr, síz Helga en fagra
Hrafns kvánar réð nafni;
lítt sá Hǫðr enn hvíti
hjǫrþeys faðir meyjar
(gefin vas Eir til aura
ung) við minni tungu.
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Ormstungu vard eíngí · allr dagr vnd sal fialla · hæ | gr sítz helga hín fagra · hrafns kuanar ríed nafni · lít sa heídr hinn huíti · hi | or þeyrs fadir meyíar · gefín var eír til aura ung víd minní tungu ·
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imageso᷎rmstvngv verdr eíngí · allr dagur | vnd sal fialla · hægr sízt helga hín fagra · rafns kvanar ʀíed nafní · lit sa havll | dr hínn hvití · hiorleíks fadir meyiar · gefin var eír til avra · vngs vit minne tvngv
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imagesOrmstv̋ngu verdur eingi | allur dagur und sal-fialla hægur sizt Helga hin fagra · Hrafnskonar | ʀied nafni lijtt sa̋ ha⸌u⸍lldur hinn hvijti hiǫrleyks fadir meýar | gefinn var Eýr til aurra űngs vid minni tűngu
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imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 8: AI, 196, BI, 187, Skald I, 99, NN §§1853C, 2455; Gunnl 1880, 28-9, 49-50, Gunnl 1916, 42, Gunnl 1935, 49, 73-4, ÍF 3, 90 (Gunnl ch. 11), Gunnl 1957, 28, ÍS 1185.
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