Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 16 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 10)’ 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. 851.
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Gefin vas Eir til aura
armdags en litfagra,
þann kveða menn né minna
minn jafnoka, Hrafni,
allra nýztr meðan austan
Alráðr farar dvalði
(því's menrýri minni
málgrôðr) í gný stála.
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Gefín var eír til aura · orm dags en lítfagra · þann | kueda menn ne minna minn íafn nocka hrafní · allra nyzstr medan austan · ad | alrádr farar dualdj · þuí er menreyrir minní mꜳ́lgrádr í gny stala ·
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imagesGefin var eir til avra · o᷎rms dags hín lítfagra · þann qve | da menn ne minna · mínn iafn o᷎ka hrafní · allra ýztr medan avstan · aþalradr farar dv | aldí · þvi er menntyrir minne · malsgerda · abvstala·
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imagesGefinn var eýr til aura orms-dags hin hő[...] lit | fagra þenna ræda menn nie minna minn Jafn æ⸌u⸍ka hrafne | allra ystur medann austann Adalra̋dur fǫr dvaldi þuı̋ | er men-tyrir minni ma̋ls gerda á bűstꜳ̋la
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imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 10: AI, 197, BI, 187, Skald I, 99; Gunnl 1880, 30, 52, Gunnl 1916, 44-5, Gunnl 1935, 51, 74-5, ÍF 3, 91-2 (Gunnl ch. 11), Gunnl 1957, 29-30, ÍS 1186.
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