R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 28 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 12)’ 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. 528.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Ér fenguð fé færa
(flím's opt kveðit) Grími
mér ok miklu fleira,
mæringr, an þǫrf væri;
hann hefr hunds verk unnit,
hvinn gerir slíkt at vinna,
mætr en menzku bœttak
mína gramr ok þína.
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.
Þer fengut fe fleira. flim er opt kvedit. grimi. fengvt | myklu meira męrings enn til vęri. hann hefir hvndz verk vnnit hvinn | gerir slikt at vinna mętr enn ek męztv bęttag mina gramr ok | þina.
(RDF)
imagesÞer fengut fe fleira | flim er opt kveþit Grimi | færit miklu meira | męrings en til veri | hann hefir hvɴz verk vnnit || hvinn getr slikt eðr minna | matt en ek menzku bættak | mina gramr ok þina |
(RDF)
imagesÞer fengut fe fleira | flim er opt qveþit grimi | færit miklu meira | męrings enn til veri | hann hefir hunnz verk unnit | hvinn getr slikt eðr minna | matt enn ec menzku bættag | mina gramr oc þina |
(VEÞ)
imagesþer fengut fe fleira | flim er opt qveþit Grimi | færiþ (forviþ) miklu meira (mer oc miklu fleira) | mærings⸜r⸝ enn til (þorf) væri | hann hefir hundzverk vnnit | hvinn getr slikt at vinna (eþr minna) | matt (mætr) enn ek menzku bættag | mina gramr oc þina. |
(RDF)
imagesÞer fengut fée flœíra · | flím er opt kueðit grimí · | dyʀ ok miklu mœira · | mœríngr en þo᷎rf vęrí : | hann hefur hundz verk vnnít · | huínn getr slikt at wínna · | mœtt enn ek mennzku bœtta · | mína gramr ok þína · |
(VEÞ)
imagesþier | fengud fie fleira , flijm er opt kuedit ɢrijmj mier ok micklu | meira ᴍæringvr enn þorf være hann hefvr hunndz verk vnnid | huinn getur slijkt edvr minnj mætur enn eg mennsku bætta , mijn | a gramvr ok þijna .
(RDF)
imagesÞer fengut fe f | æra flím er oft kuedít grime mer ok myklu fleira mæringr en þorf væri hann | hefir hundz verk unnít huinn getr slígt edr minna mætr en ek menzsku bætt | ag mína gramr ok þína·
(RDF)
imagesÞer fengut fe færa | flim er opt qveðit Grime | mer oc miclo fleira | mæringr enn þorf veri | hann hefir hunds verc unnit | huinn getr slict eþr minna | mætr enn ec mennzcu bættag | mina gramr oc þina . |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 2. Lausavísur 12: AI, 284, BI, 263, Skald I, 135, NN §711; Hb 1892-6, 409-10, Flat 1860-8, II, 225 (Fbr (ÓH ch. 168)), Fbr 1852, 106 (ch. 10), Fbr 1925-7, 202-3 (ch. 24), Loth 1960a, 151-2 (ch. 17), ÍS 839 (ch. 24), ÍF 6, 258 (Fbr ch. 24); Gaertner 1907, 311, 338, Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 64-5.
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