R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 4 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Þorgeirsdrápa 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. 488.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vann, dugir verk at telja
(vápna hreggs) fyr seggjum,
(opt fló) geirr (frá gunni)
(gjóðr) Butralda hljóðan;
þótt kynni mun minni
margrjóðanda þjóðir
(né hnekkik því) þakkir
þess vígs fetils stíga.
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.
Vel dugir verk at te | lia· vapna hreɢs firi seggium· opt flygr g | eiʀ fra gunni· gioð butrallda hlioða·þótt | kynni mun minni· marg hroðanda þiodar | níe ek hneckig þvi þackar· þess vigs fetils | stiga·
(RDF)
imagesVel dugir verk at telia | vopna hreɢs fyr seggium | opt flugu gran fra gunni | gióð Butrallda hlóðu | þat kunni mer minni | margr jodanna þioðar | ne ek hnakka þvi þakkir | þess vigs fetils stiga |
(RDF)
imagesVel dugir verk at telja | vapna hreggs fyrir seggium | oft flugu grann fra gunni | gioþ Butrallda hloþu | þat kunni m minni | margr ioþanna þioþar | ne ek hnacka þvi þackir | þess vigs fetils stiga. ||
(RDF)
imagesVel dugir verk at telia | vapna hreɢgs fyrir seɢium | opt flygr geyʀ fra gunni | gioð Butrallda hlioða | þott kynni mun minni | marghroðanda þioðar | nié ek hneckig þvi þackar | þess vigs fetils stiga |
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