Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 55 (Hallmundr, Hallmundarkviða 5)’ 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. 758.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hefi ek þussa
ok þeira kyn
har leikit,
ok hamarsbúa,
en meinvætti
marga barða
ok blendingum
at bana orðit.
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.
Hefer ek þussa ok þeirra kyn | hart leikid ok hamars bua enn mein uætti marga barda ok blendingum ad bana ordit
(JG)
imagesHefer ek þussa ok þeira kyn· hart leikit hamars j bua· enn meín | uætte marga barda· ok blenndíngum at bana uordit·
(VEÞ)
imagesHefi ec þussa | oc þeirra kyn | hart leikit | hamars oc bryia | enn meinvættu | marga barða | oc blendingum | at bana orðit |
(VEÞ)
imagesHefi eg þussa . og þeirra kyn hart lejkid . Hamast og brjn | ia . enn mein uætti marga barda . og blendingum ad bana ordit .
imageshefi eg þussa og þeirra | kyn · hart leikid hamarz og brimil og meinvætt | marga barda og bledingum ad bana ordid
imagesheff eg þussa og þeirra | kin hart leikid harmz J bua, enn meinvættum margra bragda og blen | dijngum ad bana ordid
hefur eg þussa og þeirra kin hartt | leykid hamarz og Brinia en meyn uætti marga Barda og Blendingum | ad Bana ordid
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