Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 19 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 12)’ 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. 856.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Alin vas rýgr at rógi,
runnr olli því Gunnar,
(lôg vask auðs at eiga
óðgjarn) fira bǫrnum;
nú's svanmærrar (svíða
svǫrt augu mér) bauga
lands til lýsi-Gunnar
lítil þǫrf at títa.
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.
Alín var rygr at rógí · runnr olli þuí ɢunnar · lag var ek auds at | eíga · odgiarn fíra bornum · nu ero suan mektar sidan suarít augu mer bauga · landz til lyd | gumnar · litil þorf at líta ·
imagesalín var rvgr at ro᷎gí · vnnr | o᷎lli þvi Gvnnar · lags var ek avds at eíga · o᷎dgiarn fírra bornvm · nv er svan merar sidan · sv | avrt avgv men bavga · lanz til læsi gvnnar · litil þavrf at líta·
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imagesAlin var rygr at rogi rvɴr olli þvi gvɴar þa var ec ꜹðs | at eiga oðgiarn fira bornvm.
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imagesAlin var rygr at rogi | runnr olli þui gvnnar var ec auds at eiga odgiarn fira bornom.
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imagesAlen var rygr at rogi rvnnr olli þvi gvnnar [1] var ek avds at æíga od giarn | fira bornvm.
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imagesAlin var [...]t rogi [...] olli [...] lág var ek avþs at eiga od | giarn [...]rnvm.
imagesAlin var rýgr at rógi rvnnr olli þvi gvnnar lag var ek ꜹðs at ei | ga oð giarn fira bǫrnvm .
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imagesAlín var rygr at rogi ruɴr olli þvi guɴar lag uar ek auds at eiga od giarn fira | bornum·
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imagesAlin var rygr at rogi | runar olli þvi gunnar | þa var ec auðs at eiga | oðgiarn fira bornum. |
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imagesAlinn var Rugar ad ʀő | gi Runnur volli þvi ɢunnar lags var-ek auds ad eı̈ga o᷎d giarn | fira-bǫrnum nű er svan-mærar sijdann svǫrt augu | men-bauga lanz til læsi-gunnar · lı̈til þǫrf ad lı̈ta |
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imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 12: AI, 197, BI, 188, Skald I, 99, NN §1974D; Gunnl 1880, 33, 54, Gunnl 1916, 49, Gunnl 1935, 53, 76, ÍF 3, 96 (Gunnl ch. 11), Gunnl 1957, 32, ÍS 1188; SnE 1848-87, I, 410, II, 324, 435, SnE 1931, 146, SnE 1998, I, 63, 142, 191-2.
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