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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞKolb Gunndr 1V (Gunnl 21)

Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 21 (Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Gunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu 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. 859.

Þórðr KolbeinssonGunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu1

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Hlóð, áðr Hrafni næði
hugreifum, Áleifi,
Gǫndlar þeys, ok Grími
Gunnlaugr með hjǫr þunnum,
hann varð hvatra manna
hugmóðr (drifinn blóði
Ullr réð ýta falli
unnviggs) bani þriggja.

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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.

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Skj: Þórðr Kolbeinsson, 2. Gunnlaugsdrápa ormstungu: AI, 213, BI, 203, Skald I, 106, NN §§577, 578, 2465B; Gunnl 1880, 37, 56, Gunnl 1916, 54, Gunnl 1935, 57, 77, ÍF 3, 101-2 (Gunnl ch. 12), Gunnl 1957, 36, ÍS 1190.

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