Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 8 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Lausavísur 1)’ 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. 655.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Þat gerik ávalt, es vetrar,
vind'k hals á kjúklingum;
en þótt ellri finnisk
einn berk af sér hverri.
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.
Þat geri ek vallt er vetraʀ · ving ek hals ꜳ kivklinngvm · enn | þott ellri finnizt · eínn berr ek af ser hverri ·
(JG)
imagesÞat giore ek uist er uorar· uinnd ek· hals ꜳ kíuklíngum· enn þo elldri fínnízt· eínn ber ek af | sier huerrí·
(VEÞ)
imagesÞath gíorir eg ꜳ̋ · walltt þꜳ̋ at | uetrar vind eg hꜳls ꜳ̋ · kíuklíngum · enn | þot ellre fínnízt · eínn ber eg af síer huerre· |
(VEÞ)
imagesþad giore eg auallt þegar uorar uind eg | hals af kiukingum en þott elldre finizt ern ber eg af sier huerre
imagesÞat geri ec vist þegar vorar | ving ec hofut af kiúklingum | enn þott elldri sieu | eirn ber ec af serhveriom |
(VEÞ)
imagesþad gíóre eg a̋uallt þa ed | vetrar vend eg ha̋ls a̋ kiuklingum enn þo elldre finnest einn ber | eg aff síerhuore
(VEÞ)
imagesÞad | vinn eg ꜳuallt þa ed uorar . vind eg hofud af kiuklijngum . enn þott el | ldrj finnist . eirn ber eg af sier huorre.
(VEÞ)
imagesþat giøre eg alltt þegar vetrar, | vind ek hꜳ̇lz af kiuklingumm, enn þö at elldre finnest, eirn | ber ek af sierhuerre.
(VEÞ)
imagesþad vinn eg þegar vorar vind eg hǫfud af kíúklingum | enn þott elldre finnest eirn ber eg af sier huórre
(VEÞ)
imagesÞad giori eg vijst er vorar vind eg halz ꜳ kiuklijngum enn þo elldri finnist | ein ber eg aff sierhuoru,
(VEÞ)
Þad gior eg vyst þegar vorar. vind eg hals ȧ | Kyd lingum enn þo elldre sieu einn ber eg af sier huorrum |
(VEÞ)
Þad giǫre ek vı̈st er vorar, vı̈nd | ek ha̋ls a̋ kjuklingum, enn þő elldre finnizt, ejrn ber eg af sjerhverre.
(VEÞ)
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