Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 24 (Egill Skallagrímsson, Lausavísur 17)’ 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. 213.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Sef, Skuldar felk sjaldan,
sorg, Hlés vita, borgar,
í niðjerfi Narfa
nafn aurmýils, dafnar,
þvít geir-Rótu gǫtva
gnýþings bragar fingrum
rógs at ræsis veigum
reifendr munu þreifa.
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.
Sefsculldar fel ec sialldan sorg lés uita borgar inið || erfi n̈arfa nafn ꜹrmyill drafnar þui at g[...]ʀo | to gꜹtua gnyþings bragar fingrom rógs at rę́sis | ueigom reifendr sumir þreifa.
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imagesSef skulldar fel ek sialldan sorg ey | vita borgar í nid erfi narfa nafn aurvivils dr | afnar þvi at geírrota gautar gnyþins bra | gar fingrum rogs at ræsis· verkum reifendr mv | nu þreifa
(VEÞ)
imagesSef skulldar fel ek sealldan . sorg at uita borgar i niðerní naʀfa . avrin vils | drafnar . þviat geír rota gerðar . gny þíngs bragar fingrum . hroks þviat ræsis verkum reifhendr | munu þreifa.
(VEÞ)
imagesSef[117] | skul⸌ull⸍dur fel eg sjalldan, sorg læ[118] vita borgar, nit erfit narfa, naurinn | aurni vı̈lis drafnar, þvı̈ at gejr rotn[119] gatum,[120] gnı̈ þings bragar fı̈ngrum, | rőgs ad[121] ræsis vejgum, reifendur sumir[122] þreifa.
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