Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 5 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 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. 832.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Koma skalk veggjar vitja
viggs dǫglinga þriggja
(því hefk hljótǫndum heitit
hjarls) ok tveggja jarla;
hverfkak aptr áðr, æri,
auðveitir, gefr rauðan
ormabeð fyr ermar
odd-Gefnar mér stefni.
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.
Koma skal ek vist at vítia · vigs daug | línga þríggia þui hef ek hlut vondum heítid · híalls ok tueggia ialla · huerf | ka ek aftr at arfí · audueitul fyrir leíta · |
(VEÞ)
imageskoma skal ek víst at vitia · víx do᷎glínga þriggia · þvi hefi ek hreytanndvm heítíd · hiar| ls ok tveggia iarla · hverf ek aptur adr arfi · avdveitir gefur ʀavdann · o᷎rmabord fyrir er | mar · o᷎ddgefnar mer stefnv·
(VEÞ)
imageskoma hlijt eg vijst ad vitia vif | do᷎gglı̋nga þriggia þvi hef eg hreytandum heı̈tid hiarls og | tveggia Jarla hverf eg aptur ädur arfe audveı̈tir gefur | raudann orma bord fyrir ermar oddgefnar mier [...] stefnu |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, 3. Lausavísur 4: AI, 195, BI, 186, Skald I, 98, NN §§543, 1916D, 1974, 3060; Gunnl 1880, 18, 45-6, Gunnl 1916, 25, Gunnl 1935, 38, 69, ÍF 3, 73-4 (Gunnl ch. 7), Gunnl 1957, 17, ÍS 1177.
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