Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 22 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Ævikviða I 1)’ 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. 686.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vas Þorfinnr,
þjóðar sessi,
aldrs alinn
oss til hjalpar,
þás mik víf,
í valskorum
lukt ok læst,
lífs of kvaddi.
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.
War þorfínr þundar leggi · alldurs aul oss til hialpar · | þꜳ̋ er mik uifs jualskorum · lukt ok læst lífs um kuaddi
(JG)
imagesVar þorfínnr þinndar sesse· alldar o᷎l oss til hialpar· þꜳ er mik uifs jallz vallz skorum· lv | kt ok læst lifs um kuadde·
(VEÞ)
imagesWar þorfínur · þundar sesse all | dar · alínn oss oss til hialpar · þꜳ̋ · er míg · mig | wífs j uallskor · lugt og læst · lífs · vmm | kuadde·
(VEÞ)
imagesvar þorfinnur þundar sesse alld | ar alenn oss til hialpar þa er mig vy̋ffz J valskorum luckt og læ | st ly̋ffz vmm kuadde.
(VEÞ)
imagesvar þorfinnur þundar sesse, alldar alinn oss til hiälpar, þä er mig vijfs J vall | skor. luct og læ̋st lijfs vmm quadde.
(VEÞ)
imagesvar þorfinz þundar seszi alldar ol osz | til hialpar þa er mig vijffz Jarlz valla skorum, luktt og læst lijffz | vid kuaddi,
(VEÞ)
Var Þorfinnur þrandar sessir Alldur öl oss | til hialpar þȧ er mig visse J valskorum lukt og læst lyf um k[...]e⸌ua⸍dder
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