Judy Quinn (ed.) 2022, ‘Eyrbyggja saga 1 (Oddr breiðfirðingr, Illugadrápa 1)’ 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. 409.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vestr vas þrǫng á þingi
Þórsness, með hug stórum
hǫppum studdr þars hodda
hjalmraddar stafr kvaddi;
snarráðan kom síðan
(sætt vasat gǫr með létta)
Forna sjóðs und fœði
farmr dolgsvǫlu barma.
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.
Vestr var þrong ꜳ þingi | Þorsnes med hug storum || hoppum studdr þar er hodda | hialmraddar stafr kvaddi | snaʀꜳdann kom siþann | sætt var atgort m
Vestur var þrǫng ä þinge | Þőrnes med hug stőrum | hőfum studdr þar er hődda, hja̋lmraddar stafur qvadde, | snarrædan kom þar sidan, sætt var ad giǫrt med ljetta, forna siődz | und fæde, farmur dőlgsvǫlu barme.
(JQ)
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