Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 14 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 9)’ 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. 848.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Væn, ák verst at launa,
vín-Gefn, fǫður þínum
(Fold nemr flaum af skaldi
flóðhyrs) ok svá móður,
þvít gerðu Bil borða
bæði senn und klæðum
(herr hafi hǫlðs ok svarra
hagvirki) svá fagra.
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.
Uíæn a ek uest at launa · uíngefn fodr þínum · folld nemr flaum af | skálldi · flódhyrs ok sua modur · þuíat gíordu bil borda · bædí senn vnd klædum · | her hafí haulldz ok suarra · haguírki sua fagra ·
(VEÞ)
imagesvæn ꜳ ek víst at lavna · vin gefn fedr þínvm · fo᷎lld nemr flavm at | skalldi · flio᷎dburs ok sva mo᷎dir · er gerdv bíl þo᷎rda · bædi þat vnd klædvm · hverr hafi | havllz o᷎f fagra · hagvirki sva fagra ·
(VEÞ)
imagesVæn a̋ vijst ad launa vijn-gefn fedur þijnum folld nemur | flǫm ad skylldi fliőd-burs og svo mődir er giǫrdu · bil-borda · | þ bædi þad und klædvmm hvor hafi haulls of dýra hagvi | rki svo fagra
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 9: AI, 196, BI, 187, Skald I, 99; Gunnl 1880, 29, 50-1, Gunnl 1916, 43, Gunnl 1935, 50, 74, ÍF 3, 90 (Gunnl ch. 11), Gunnl 1957, 28-9, ÍS 1185.
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