Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 3 (Skallagrímr Kveldúlfsson, Lausavísur 2)’ 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. 166.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Mjǫk tekr ár, sás aura,
ísarns meiðr, at rísa,
váðir vidda bróður
veðr, leggja skal, kveðja;
gjalla lætk á golli
geisla njóts, meðan þjóta,
heitu, hrœrikytjur
hreggs vindfrekar, sleggjur.
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.
Miog tekr ar sa er aura· isarns meiðr at ris | a· vadir vidda broður· veðr leggiar skal || kueðia· Gialla let ek a gulli· geisla niotz me | ðan þiota· heitu hrærikytur· hreɢs vind fre | kar sleggiur· |
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imagesMiok verðr ár sa ér ꜹ́ra isarns meiðr at risa. vaþir virða broðir. veðrleɢiar skal queðia gialla lét | ek agvlli. geisla nioz meðan þiota heitar hrærí kytvr hregs vndfrekar sleɢíor.
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imagesMíóg verðr ꜳ̋r sa er aura . ísarn | meidr at risa. vaðir uirða beiðir. ueðr leggia skal kueðía. Gialla lǽt ek ⸌a⸍ gulli. gei | sla níotz meðan þióta . heítar hræri kytur hreggs uín⸌d⸍ fekar sleggíur.
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imagesMiok uerdur ar sꜳ er ísara · ok ísarɴs meídur at | ʀisa · badír uirda brod[...] · vedur seggiar skal quedía · gíalla læt ek ꜳ gullí · geisla motz medan | þíota · hetv hrærí kytra · hrek vm frekar sleggíur·
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imagesMjaug verdr a̋r sa̋ er aura ı̈sa̋rns | mejdr ad rı̈sa bader[3] verda[4] brodir[5] b⸌v⸍edr seggjar[6] skal qved | ja gjalla læt eg a̋ gulle gejsla niőts medan þőtte[7] heitu[8] | hræri ky[soffiag1] tra[9] hregg[10] um[11] frekar sleggjur.
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