Lausavísur from Landnámabók 2 — ed. Richard Perkins and Margaret Clunies Ross
Not published: do not cite (Anon (Ldn) 2IV)
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vask þars fell af fjalli
flóðkorn jǫtuns móður
hám bergrisa ór himni
heiðins á náleiðar,
gerir fár jǫtunn fleiri
fold í vingamoldu
hǫmlu heiðar þrumlu
hamváta mér báta.
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.
Var ek þar er féll af fialli floð kornn iotvns | móðvr hám bergrisa or himni heiðins ana leiðar gerir fár iotvn fleírí folld ivinga | molldv homlv heiðar þvmlv hamváta mer bata
(VEÞ)
imagesVar ec þar er fell af fialli | floð korn jotuns moþr | ham bergrisa or himne | heiðins ána leiðar | gerir far jotun fleire | folld i vinga moldu | homlu heiðar þrumlu | hamvata mer bata |
(VEÞ)
imagesVar eg þar at fell | af fialle flod kom Iotunz modar . häm bergrisa ur hűmæ heidins a̋na leidar gerer | far jótun fleire folld i vínga molldu hómlu heidar þrumlu hamvata mier bata. |
(VEÞ)
imagesVar ek þar er fell af fialli flöd || korns jotuns mödr ha̋m bergrisa or himni heidins ana leidar | gerir fár Jotun fleiri folld i vinga molldu homlu heidar | þumlu hamvata mer bata.
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Anonyme digte og vers [X], II. B. 7. Et jættelignende væsen: AI, 183, BI, 172, Skald I, 92, NN §§1096, 1097, 1853H, 28, 5; Ldn 1688, 38, Ldn 1843, 84, Hb 1892-6, 26-7, Ldn 1900, 26-7, Ldn 1921, 51, Guðni Jónsson 1946-9, I, 65-6, Ldn 1958, 38, Ldn 1963, 35, ÍF 1, 107, Ldn 1974, 160, 220-1, 393, 590.
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