R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Njáls saga 55 (Anonymous Poems, Darraðarljóð 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. 1303.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Gengr Hildr vefa
ok Hjǫrþrimul,
Sanngríðr, Svipul
sverðum tognum;
skapt mun gnesta,
skjǫldr mun bresta,
mun hjalmgagarr
í hlíf koma.
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.
Gengr hilldr vefa · ok hiorþrimul · sangriðr | suipul suerðum tognum · skapt mun gnesta skioll | dr mun bresta · mun hialmgagaʀr i hlif koma · |
(VEÞ)
imagesGeíngvr hilldr at vefa ok hiorþri | mol ok sandgridr sverdvm tognvm . skꜹpt mvnv gnesta enn skilldir mvnv brest | a · mvn hialmgagaʀ i hlif koma.
(VEÞ)
imagesGengr hilldr vefa | ok hiorþrimvl sangniðr sipvl sverðvm tekna skapt mvn gnesta skio⸌ll⸍dr mvn bresta | mvn hlif⸌alm⸍gagaʀ íhlif koma .
(VEÞ)
imagesGeingur hílldur vefa · ok híorþri | mul savg nídur · suípul suerdu rekna · skapt mvn gnesta · skíolldur | mvn bresta · mvn híalm | gagar hlíf koma ·
(VEÞ)
imagesgeingur hilldur ad vefa / og hǫrþrumul / | sandgnijr suipul suerdum rekna / skǫpt munu | ɢnijsta skillder munu bresta / mun hialmgagrar J | hlijf koma ·
(TW)
Genngur hilldr vefa og hior þvimul / sangvid | ur svipul sverdum teknum [altered to tekna] / skaft mun gnesta / skiolldr mun bresta / mun hiälmgagar ı̈ hlı̈f koma .
(RDF)
imagesGeingr hilldr vefa , og hȷǫr þvı̈mul , Sangvidr svipul , sverdum | tekna / skapt mun gnesta , skȷôlldr mun bresta , mun hȷa̋lm- | gagar ı̈ hlı̈f koma .
(RDF)
imagesGeingur hilldur vefa og hiórþuimul , Saug vidur suipul | suerdum tekna , skapt mun gnesta skiolldur mun bresta mun hialm | gagar i hlyfar koma . |
(RDF)
imagesGeingur hilldur veffa / oc hi | o᷎r þui mul / sanguidur Suipul / Suerdum tekna / Skapt mungne | sta / skiólldur mun bresta / mun hialmgagar J hly̋f koma . |
(RDF)
imagesGeingur Hilldr vefa ok hio᷎r þui mul Sang | uidur svipul / suerdum tekna . Skapt mung nesta / skiolldur | mun bresta / mun hialmgagar j hly̋f koma .
(RDF)
Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI], [1]. Darraðarljóð 3: AI, 420, BI, 389, Skald I, 193; Nj 1875-89, I, 899-900, II, 583-4, ÍF 12, 455-6 (ch. 157), ÍS I, 341; Jón Þorkelsson 1870, 30, Kershaw 1922, 122-3, 193.
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