R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Njáls saga 18 (Skarpheðinn Njálsson, Lausavísur 3)’ 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. 1243.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Eru umgerðis jarðar,
auðs varpandi, sauða
eisu einkar fúsir
opt veitendr at leita;
þeir hafa, seima særir,
smíðandar drafníða
(geystr vinnk geira róstu)
grasbíta skyn lítit.
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
(Ero vm gerðis iarðar auðs varpandí sauða eisv einkar fvsir opt veitandar | leita . þeir hafa seíma særir smiðendr drafniða geystr vm geira rostu | grasbitar skyn litit .)
(VEÞ)
imagesErv vmgírðis iárðar · av́ð verpandi sav́ða · eísv eínkar fvsír · ópt | veítendr leítá · þeir hafa seíma sǽrir · smíð endr · dráf níða · geystr || vínn ek geíra ro᷎stv · grás bíta skyn lítið ·
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], D. 1. [1]. Uægte vers af slægtsagaer: Af Njálssaga 16: AII, 201-2, BII, 215, Skald II, 112, NN §1422; Nj 1875-89, I, 191 (ch. 44), II, 445-9, ÍF 12, 472-3 (Viðbætir); Jón Þorkelsson 1870, 11.
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