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.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
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.
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.
Hlód | ádr hrafní nædí · hugreifum oleífi · gaundlar þeyrs ok grimí · ɢunlaugr med | híor þungum · hann vard huatra manna · hugmodr drífinn blodí · ullr ríed yta fỵ⸌a⸍llí | vnd u⸌i⸍gs bani þríggía ·
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imagesSkj: 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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