Judy Quinn (ed.) 2022, ‘Eyrbyggja saga 31 (Bjǫrn Breiðvíkingakappi Ásbrandsson, Lausavísur 7)’ 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. 464.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Spurðusk vôr und vǫrðum
verk Styrbjarnar merkjum;
járnfaldinn hlóð ǫldum
Eirekr í dyn geira;
nú traðk hauðr of heiði
hundvillr, þvít fatk illa,
víða, braut í vátri
vífs gørninga drífu.
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Spurduzst vaar und vordum | verk styrbiarnar merkium | iarnfalldinn hlod olldum | Eirekr i dyn geira | nu trad ek haudr um heidi | hundvillr þvi ek fat illa | vida braut i vo᷎tri | vifs giorninga drifu. |
imagesSpurðiz uár und uorðum. uerk styrbiarnar merkium. iarnfalldinn hloð olld[u]m || eirekr i dyn geira. nu uarð hauðr of heiði hunduillr þi ek fat illa. uida braut or uatri uigs gernin | ga drifuu.
(JQ)
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