Judy Quinn (ed.) 2022, ‘Eyrbyggja saga 20 (Þormóðr Trefilsson, Hrafnsmál 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. 443.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Feldi folks valdi
fyrst ens gollbyrsta
velti valgaltar
Vígfús þanns hétu;
slíta þar síðan
sôrum benskárar
brôð af bǫð-Nirði,
Bjarnar arfnytja.
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.
Felldi folksvalldi | fyst hins gull bysta | vellti valgalltar | Vigfus þann hetu | slitu þar siþan | saara benskaarar | brod of bodnerdi | biarnar of nytia. |
imagesFellde fo„lks vallde, | fïst hinz gullbïsta, vellte valgalltar, vigfu„s þann hjetu, slitu þar | sid, sa„ra benska„rer, bod of bodurnder, bjarnar ofnïtia. |
imagesFell hinn folks ualldi. fyrst hins gullbysta. uellti ualgalltar. uigfuss þann hetu | slita þar siðan. sarar benskara. brað af brauðniorðum. biarnar arfnytia.
(JQ)
Fellde hinn folksuallde. fyrst hinn gull bryn | sta. uellti ualgalltar. vigfus þann lietu. [s0000] þar sidan. sarar ben skꜳra | brad af baug niordum. biarnar arf nytia.
(JQ)
imagesUse the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.