Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 42 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Ævikviða II 4)’ 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. 734.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Mik bað hjǫlp
handa beggja
Sifjar vers
með sér fara;
sú gaf þveng
Þundar beðju
góðan hest,
es mik gœddi frið.
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.
Mig bad hialpa handa tueggia · sifiar uers med sier fara · su gaf | þueng þundar bedíu · godan hest er mik giordum firdi [or fridi]·
(JG)
imagesMíg bad híalp hannda · beggía · Sífíar · wess · med síer | fara · sw · gaf · þann ueg þundar bedíu · Gódan · hest | er · míg · færde·
(VEÞ)
imagesMíg bad hialp handa | beggia sifía uerk mier suo fara · sű gaf þueingbediu godan hest er keypti mig godum fridi ·
(VEÞ)
imagesMic bað hialpa handa tveɢia | siafar versk siþan með ser fara | su gaf þann·þornveig þundar beiþne | goþan hest oc giæddi friþe. |
(VEÞ)
imagesMier baud hialp handa | beggía Siffiar vess med síer fara sw gaff þann veg þundar | bediu godann hest er mig færde.
(VEÞ)
imagesMick bad . hialpa handa tuegia , Siafar eik | sijdann med sier fara : sú gaf þueing þundar beidni , godann hest ock giædi frid
(JG)
imagesMig bad . handa tueggia | siafar eyk . sijdir med sier fara . su gaf þueing þundar bedni . godan hest og giædi ⸝⸝frid ||
(VEÞ)
imagesmig bad hiälp handa beggia ⸝⸝sifiar vess || syfiar vess sier med fara, su gaf þann veg þundar bedia, gödann hest | og giædde fride.
(VEÞ)
imagesmig baud hia̋lpa handa tueggia siafar | eik sudur med sier fara mier gaf þuejng þundar bedia | gődan hest og giæddi fridi ·
(VEÞ)
imagesMijk bad hi[...] | pa handa Tueggia sigur verkz med sier fara su gaff þueing þundar bediu | godann hest er mig godum firdi,
mig Bad hia̋lpa handa tueggia S: jafar uerck sider med sier fara | su gaf þueyng þundar Bediu gődan hest og giæddi fride
(VEÞ)
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