R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Njáls saga 60 (Anonymous Poems, Darraðarljóð 8)’ 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. 1309.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Ok munu Írar
angr of bíða,
þats aldri mun
ýtum fyrnask.
Nú's vefr ofinn,
en vǫllr roðinn;
mun of lǫnd fara
læspjǫll gota.
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.
Ok munu irar angr vm | biða þat er alldri mun ytum fynaz · nu er vefr ofin | en vollr roðinn · munu vm lond fara læspioll gota · |
(VEÞ)
imagesOk mvnv írar anngr vm bida | þat er alldri mvn ytvm fyrnazt · nv er vefvr ofínn enn vollr rodínn . | mvn vm land fara lespell gota·
(VEÞ)
imagesOk mvnv irar angr vm biða þat er alldri mvn ytvm fyrnaz . nv er vefr | ofan en vollr rꜹðín mvn vm . land fara lęspioll gotta .
(VEÞ)
imagesOk mvno rar angur vm bída · þat er alldur mvn ytum fyrnazt · nu er vefur ofenn enn vollr rod | enn · mvn vm lavnd fara læspíoll gota ·
(VEÞ)
imagesOg munu ytar | a̋ngur vm bijda / þad er alldrej mun ýtum firnast / | nu er vefur ofinn enn vǫllur rodinn / mun vm lv́nd | fara liespiǫll gota ·
(VEÞ)
[…] unu Jrar angur um bida þad er alldrei mun itum firnaz / nü er vefur ofinn enn vǫllur rodin / mun um lǫnd fara / lespiǫll gotna |
(RDF)
imagesOg munu Jrar a̋ngr um bı̈da , þad er alldrej mun ı̈tum firn ,, | ast . nű er vefr ofinn , enn vôllr rodinn , mun um land fara , | lespjǫll gotna .
(RDF)
imagesOg munu yrar Angur vm byda þad er alldre mun | ytum firnast nu er vefur ofinn enn vollur Rodinn mun vm land fara | lespioll gotna .
(RDF)
imagesOg munu yrar | angur vm byda / þat er alldre mun ytum fyrnast / Nu er vefur ofinn | enn vollur rödenn mun vm Land fara Lespioll gotna :
(RDF)
imagesog munu | Jrar angur vm byda / þat er alldrei mun ȷ̋tum fyrnast | Nu er vefur ofinn / enn vollur rodinn / mun vm land fara le- | spioll Gotna .
(RDF)
Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI], [1]. Darraðarljóð 8: AI, 421, BI, 390, Skald I, 193; Nj 1875-89, I, 901, II, 589, ÍF 12, 456-7 (ch. 157), ÍS I, 342; Jón Þorkelsson 1870, 31, Kershaw 1922, 124-5, 194-5.
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