Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 62 (Egill Skallagrímsson, Lausavísur 33)’ 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. 276.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Fyrir þykki mér, fúra
flóðstøkkvandi, nøkkvat,
hræðisk hodda beiðir
happlauss, fara kappi;
stendrat fast, sás frestar,
fleindǫggvar stafr, hǫggum;
vábeiða ferr víðan
vǫll fyr rotnum skalla.
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.
Firir þiki mer | fura fleinstockuandi nockut· hrædiz hodd | a beiðir· happlauss fara kappi vegrat fast sa er frestar | flein avggar stafr hoggum· vabeidan fer vidan voll | fyrir rotnum skalla·
(VEÞ)
imagesFyrir þikki mer fúra . fleíns stokkuandí nakkuat . hræðíz hodda beiðír . happ lauss f⸌i⸍ra kappi | stendr at fast sa er freistar . fleín daugguar stafr hoggum . va beyðan for viðan , voll fyrir | rotnum skalla
(VEÞ)
imagesFirer þı̈ke mjer fura,[271] flein stauckvande hrauckva,[272] hrædast[273] ⸝⸝hodda bejder, || happlaus firer mjer kappe, veg[...] ad fast, sa̋ er freist[...], flein dauggvar[274] | stafur lauggum,[275] vobejdan[276] fer[277] vı̈da, vaull firer rotnum skalla.
(VEÞ)
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.