R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Njáls saga 54 (Anonymous Poems, Darraðarljóð 2)’ 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. 1302.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Sjá's orpinn vefr
ýta þǫrmum
ok harðkléaðr
hǫfðum manna;
eru dreyrrekin
dǫrr at skǫptum,
járnvarðr yllir,
en ǫrum hrælaðr.
[skulum slá sverðum
sigrvef þenna].
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.
Sia er orpinn vefr yta þaurmum · ok harð kliaðr h | ofðum manna ero dreyrrekin dauʀr at skoptum iarn varðr | yllir en aurum hrælaðr · skulum sla suerðum sigr vef | þenna ·
(VEÞ)
imagesSia er vefvr orpínn yta þormvm ok hard kliadr hofdvm manna | erv dreyrrekínn doʀ at skoptvm iarvardr yller . enn ꜹrvm hrelaðr | skal sla sverðvm sigvrvef þenna·
(VEÞ)
imagesSia er orpinn vefr | yta þꜹrmvm ok harðkliaðr hꜹfðvm manna . erv d⸌r⸍eyʀ rekín dꜹʀ at skꜹptvm iarnn | varðr ylli en ꜹrvm hręlar skvlvm sla sverðvm sigr vef þenna .
(VEÞ)
imagesSía er orpínn vefur | yta þormum ok hardklíadur hofdum manna · eru dreyr rekínn davġr at skauftvm jarn uar | adur yllí · enn avrum hræladur. skulum sla suerdum sígur vef þenna ·
(VEÞ)
imagesSa̋ | er vefur orpinn yta þǫrmum / og hardkliadur hǫfdum manna | er dreirrekinn dǫr ad skǫfttum / Ja̋rnvardur Jlle | enn øruum hræladur · Skal sla̋ med suerdum sigur | vef þenan /
(TW)
Sä er orpinn vefr / ı̈ta þormum enn hardkliadr hofdum manna / eru darar rekinn dôr ad skoftum | Jarn.vardr ille enn ǫrum hrælar / skulum slä sverdum sigurvef þennan .
(RDF)
imagesSa̋ er orpinn vefr , ı̈ta þôrmum , enn hardklja̋dr | hǫfdum manna , eru darar rekinn dôr ad skôptum , ȷa̋rn vardur | ille , enn ôrum hrælar , skulum sla̋ sverdum , sigurvef þenn ann . |
(RDF)
imagesSa er orpinn vefur yta þórmum enn hard kliädur hófdum manna | eru darar rekinn dôr ad skôftum Jarn vardur illi enn orum Hrælar | skulum slä suerdum Sigur vef þennann |
(RDF)
imagesSä er Orpenn veffur / yta þórmum / enn hardkliädur hóffdum manna / eru | darar Rekenn do᷎r ad sko᷎ptum / Jarnuardur Jlle / enn Ørum hrælar | skulum sla Suerdum / Sigur veff þennan .
(RDF)
imagesSa er orpinn vefur yta þo᷎rmum enn hardkliꜳdr ho᷎fdum manna eru darar rekinn do᷎r ad sko᷎ptum | Jarnvardur ille / enn Ørum hrælar / Skulum sla sverdum | sigurvef þennan .
(RDF)
Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI], [1]. Darraðarljóð 2: AI, 419-20, BI, 389, Skald I, 193, NN §1205D; Nj 1875-89, I, 899, II, 581-3, ÍF 12, 455 (ch. 157), ÍS I, 341; Jón Þorkelsson 1870, 29-30, Kershaw 1922, 122-3, 192-3.
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