Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 18 (Hrafn Ǫnundarson, 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. 855.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Veitat greppr, hvárr greppa
gagnsæli hlýtr fagna,
hér's bensigðum brugðit,
búin es egg í leggi;
þó mun, einn, ok ekkja
ung mær, þótt vér særimk,
þorna spǫng af þingi
þegns hugrekki fregna.
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.
Ueitad greppr huar greppa · gagn | sælli hlytr fagna · her er bensigdum brugdít · buín er egg í leggí · þat m | vn eín ok eckía vng mær þo at vid særímz · þorna spaunng af þíngí · | þegns hugr eckí fagna ·
(VEÞ)
imagesveit ek at greppr hvar greppa · gang | sæli hlytr fagra · her er bensigdvm brvgdit · bvin er egg i leggi · er þvi ein ok eckia · vng | mær þo᷎ at vit snervmzt · þorna spavng at þíngí · þegns hvgreckí fregna·
(VEÞ)
imagesVeit ek ad ɢreppur hvar greppa | ga̋ng-sæli hlijtar fa̋nga hier er ben-sygdum brűgdid bű | inn er egg ı̈ leggi er þvi ein og eckia űng mær þő ad vid | snærunst þornar spǫng ad þı̋ngi þegns hugrecki fregna |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Hrafn Ǫnundarson, Lausavísur 3: AI, 198, BI, 189, Skald I, 100, NN §§1103, 1853A, E, 1911; Gunnl 1880, 31-2, 53-4, Gunnl 1916, 47, Gunnl 1935, 52, 75-6, ÍF 3, 94 (Gunnl ch. 11), Gunnl 1957, 31, ÍS 1187.
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