R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 12 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Þorgeirsdrápa 9)’ 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. 503.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Njǫrðr gekk á skæ skorðu
skeljeggr (en þann teljum
hjaldr), es herja vildi,
hjǫrgaldrs með Rǫgnvaldi;
lítt sparði fjǫr fyrða
fremðar mildr at hildi,
drengs varð dôð in lengri;
djarfr vas Hávars arfi.
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.
Niordr geck a ske skorðv skeleɢr er þat telivm hialldrs at heria vi | lldvm hiorgalldrs með rognvalldi lítt sparði fior fyrða fremðar milldr at hilldi drengs | varð dað at lengri diarfr havarar arfi
(RDF)
imagesNiorðr geck a skæ skorðu | skelegr enn þat telium | hialldr er heria villdi | hiorgalldrs með Rognvalldi | litt sparði fior fyrða | fremdar milldr at hilldi | drengr vann dað at lengri || diarfr Havars arui |
(VEÞ)
imagesNiorðr geck á skæ skorðu | skielegr en þat telium | hialldr er heria villdi | hiorgalldrs með Rognvalldi. | lítt sparði fior fyrða | fremdar milldr at hilldi | dreingr var dáð at leingri | diarfr Hávars arfi. |
(RDF)
imagesNiorþr geck á skæ skorðu | skelegr en þat telium | hialldr er heria villdi | hiorgalldrs meþ Rognualldi | lítt sparði fior fyrða | fremdar milldr at hilldi | drengr uann dáð at lengri | diarfr Háuars ⸌ar⸍fi. |
(KSH)
Niorðr geck a skæ skor | ðu, skieligr enn þat telium, hialldr er heria villdi, hiorgalldrs | með Raugnvalldi, litt sparði fior fyrða, fremdar milldr at | hilldi, dreingr vann dað at lengri diarfr Havars arui,
(TW)
imagesNiordvr geck ꜳ̋ skie skordu skijrlegur er þat tel | iumm , hialldur er heria villdj , hiorgalldvrs med ʀognvalldi , | lijtt spardi fio᷎r firða , fremmdar gilldur ad hilldi , dreinngvr vann | dꜳ̋d ad lengri , diarfvr Havars arfi .
(RDF)
imagesNiorðr geck a skie skorðu | skeleɢr enn þat telium | hialldr at heria villdi | hiorgalldrs með Raugvalldi | litt sparði fe fyrða | f⸌r⸍emdar milldr at hilldi | dreings varþ dað at lengri | diarfr Havarþar arfi |
(RDF)
imagesNiorþr geck a ske skorþu | skeleggr en þat telium | hialldr at heria villdi || hiorgalldrs meþ Raugnvalldi | lit sparði fe fyrða | fremdar milldr at hilldi | drengs varþ daþ inn lengri | diarfr Havarþar arfi. |
(RDF)
imagesNiordr gek a skid skordu skeleggr en þat telium híall || drs at heria uillde hungalldrs med ʀognnuallde litt sparde fíor fyrda fremd | ar milldr at hillde dreíngs uard dad at lengri diarfr hauars arfuí |
(RDF)
imagesNiorðr geck a scið scorðu | sceleɢr enn þat teliom | hialldrs at heria villdi || hungaldrs með Rognvalde | litt sparði fior firða | fremdar milldr at hillde | drengs varþ dað at lengri | diarfr Havarz arfi |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 1. Þórgeirsdrápa 9: AI, 279, BI, 258, Skald I, 133, NN §§1987, 1988, 2481D; Hb 1892-6, 376-7, Flat 1860-8, II, 160 (Fbr (ÓH ch. 121)), Fbr 1852, 47 (ch. 13), 70 (ch. 3), Fbr 1925-7, 97 (ch. 13), Loth 1960, 114 (ch. 11), ÍS 808 (ch. 13), ÍF 6, 191-3 (Fbr ch. 13); Gaertner 1907, 309, 321-3 (st. 12), Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 44-5.
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