Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 9 (Grettir Ásmundarson, 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. 656.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Mik vill menja slǫngvir
(mjǫk kennik þess) brenna,
hodda Grund, á hǫndum
(hǫfugt ráð er þat) báðum;
létk á hringa hreyti,
hǫr-Gerðr, tekit verða
gǫrr (sér gildra sára
gǫgul) óskornum nǫglum.
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.
Mig vill meina stockuer · miog kenní ek þess brenna h(o)dda(?) Grvnd at haund hofugt | ʀad er þat badum · læt ek (ꜳ)(?) hringa hreyti havrgerdr tekit verda gioʀ sied ek gilldra | sára gaull oskornum noglum ·
(JG)
imagesMik uill meína sto᷎ckver· mío᷎g kenne ek þat brenna· ho᷎dda grunnd ꜳ ho᷎nndum· ho᷎fugt | ʀad er þat badum· let ek ꜳ hringa hreyte· ho᷎rgerdur tekit uerda· gíorr se ek gilldra sara· | gaugl oskornum no᷎glum·
(VEÞ)
imagesMíg uí | ll menía stockuer · ᴍíog kenni eg þess · brenna · | Hodda · grund ꜳ̋ · honndumm · Hofud · ʀꜳ̋d · | er þath bꜳdum · Læt eg ꜳ̋ · hrínga · hreyt | horgíordur tekit werda · Gíor síer eg · gilldan | sꜳ̋ra · gogul oskornum · noglumm· //
(VEÞ)
imagesMig uill meníastockuer miog kenne þad brenna | oddagrand a hondum hofud rader þad badum læt eg a hringareyte haurgerdur tekid | uerda giorer jod gilldra sara gaugull oskornum nauglum ·
(VEÞ)
imagesMig vill menía stőckur (miog k | íenn eg þad) brenna hóddugrund a̋ hóndum hóffud ra̋d er þad | ba̋dum læt eg ꜳ hry̋nga hrey̋te hórgerdur tekid verda gíór sie | eg gilldra sa̋ra gógul oskornum Nóglum.
(VEÞ)
imagesMig uill menia slockuj . kienne eg þess brenna . holda grand ꜳ ho | ndumm . hofugt ʀꜳd . er þad bꜳdumm . liet eg ꜳ hrijnga hriste . hraurgi ⸝⸝erdur || gierdur tekid uerda . giór sie eg gilldra sꜳra . gaull oskornum nóglumm |
(VEÞ)
imagesmik vill meniastøkuer, miøk kenne ek þat | brenna, hóddagrund ꜳ̈ hondumm, høfud rꜳd er þad bꜳdumm, | liet ek ꜳ̈ hringa hreýtir, ha̋rgildur teked verda, gior sie ek gill | dra sꜳ̈ra, ɢøgl őskornumm nøglumm.
(VEÞ)
imagesMig vill meina stockuer miog kienni eg sar [...] brenna | hodda grind ad hondum hoffugtt rad er þad badum, set eg ad hrijnga | hreiti horgerdur tekur verda gior se eg gilldra sara, gognn oskor | numm Noglum,
(VEÞ)
mig vel menia stakuer, mio᷎g kenn eg þad brenna, ho | dda grandid hóndum hófugt rád er þad badum het eg ȧ hringa | hreijti hregerdur ordid verda gior sie eg gilldra sára, gǫ́́gl ó | skorinn Nóglum
(VEÞ)
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