R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 21 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 4)’ 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. 517.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Betr lézk beita skutli,
Baldr hœlir því skjaldar,
(þollr hleypr hart of hellur
hlunnjós), an vér kunna;
gǫrr mank hitt, hveim harri
hugdyrstr skipar fyrstum
(veitti oss, sás átti,
orms torg) í skjaldborgu.
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.
Betr lez beita skvtli balldr hęlir þvi skialldar þollr hleypr hart | vm hellur hlvnnioz enn vęr kvnnum. gior man ek hitt hve haʀi hvgdyr | str skipar fystum veitti oss. sa er atti orms torg i skialldborgv.
(RDF)
imagesBetr lezt beita skutli | Balldr hælir þvi skialldar | þollr hleipr hart um hellr | hlunnrioðz enn vær kunna | gioʀ veit ek hitt hve haʀi | hugdyrstr skipar fyrstum | veitti oss sa er atti | orms torg i skialdborgu |
(RDF)
imagesBetr letz beita skutli | balldr hælir þvi skialldar | þollr hleipr hart um hellr | hlunnrioðz en vær kunna | gioʀ veit ec hitt hve haʀi | hugdyrstr skipar fyrstum | veitti oss saer atti | ormstorg i skialldborgu |
(TW)
imagesBetr letzt beita skutli | balldr hælir þvi skialldar | þollr hleypr hart um hellur | hlunn rioþz (rioþrs) enn vær kunna | giorr veit ek hitt hveim harri || hugdyrstr skipar fyrstum | veitti oss sa er atti | orms torg i skialldborgu· |
(RDF)
imagesBetr lœtz bœita skutlí · | baldr hœlír þí skiallðar · | þollr hlœípr hart vm hellr · | hlunníors enn ver kunna : | Gíorr wœít ek hítt huem haʀrí · | hugðyrst[...] skípar fyrstum · | wœitti oss sꜳ er ꜳttí · | ormstorgh í skíallðborgu : |
(VEÞ)
imagesBetur | liest Beita skutli Balldur hæler þuj skialldar þollur hleipur | hartt vmm hellur , hlunni jos enn ver kunna ɢior veit eg huorum | harre , hugdijrstur skipar firstumm , veitti oss sa er atti , ormstorg j | skialldborgu .
(RDF)
imagesBetr letz bæíta skutli balldr hælír þui skialldar þollr h | leypr hart um hellur hlunnriodrs en uær kunna geo᷎rr uæit ek hitt | huerium harri hugdyrstr skipar fystum uæitti oss sa er attí orms torgs j | skialld borgu·
(RDF)
imagesBetr letz beita scutli | balldr hælir þvi scialldar | þollr hleypr hart vm hellr | hlunnrioðz en vær kunna | geoʀ veit ec hitt hveriom haʀi | hugdyrstr scipar fystum | veittj oss sa er atti | orms torgs i skialldborgu |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 2. Lausavísur 4: AI, 282, BI, 261, Skald I, 134, NN §§333, 3071; Hb 1892-6, 392-3, Flat 1860-8, II, 209 (Fbr (ÓH ch. 156)), Fbr 1852, 86 (ch. 9), Fbr 1925-7, 157 (ch. 23), Loth 1960a, 133 (ch. 15), ÍS 823 (ch. 23), ÍF 6, 230 (Fbr ch. 23); Gaertner 1907, 310, 333-4, Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 57-8.
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