Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 4 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 3)’ 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. 830.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Meðalráð es þér, Móði
malma galdrs, at halda
(att hafið ér við prettum
oddrjóð) fyr mér hoddum;
vita munt hitt, at heitik
(herr sér af því verra),
þat feksk nafn, af nøkkvi
naðrstunga, mér ungum.
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.
Medal rád er þier modí | malma galldrs at hallda · att hafí þier vid prettu · oddriód fyrir mer hoddum · vita | [...]á[...]u hítt at ek heiti · her se ek a þui fære · þat fekz nafn af nockvi | nadrs tunga mer vngum ·
(VEÞ)
imagesMeda | rꜳd er þer modi · malma galldrs at[...] h[...] þer med frettvm o᷎d fíodz fyrir mer | ho᷎ddvm · vita mvntv hítt at ek · hætti · her se ek at þvi verre · þat feck nafn af no᷎ | ckví · nadrs tvnga mer vngvm·
(VEÞ)
imagesMedal Räd er þier mődi ma̋lma-gulldíns almí hafa | þier med friettum farid fiods fyrir manna ho᷎ddum vita muntu | hitt ad eg hætti hier se eg ad þvi verri þad fieck nafn af | nockvi nadurs-tűnga mier űngum:
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 3: AI, 195, BI, 185-6, Skald I, 98, NN §§543, 545; Gunnl 1880, 16, 44-5, Gunnl 1916, 23, Gunnl 1935 37, 68, ÍF 3, 72 (Gunnl ch. 7), Gunnl 1957, 16, ÍS 1176.
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