R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 26 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 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. 524.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Matkak hefnð, en hrafni
hrings, fekk ek brôð á þingi
Baldrs (létk vígi valdit)
varga, setrs við marga;
meir hefni, þó þremja,
Þórgeirs vinir fleiri,
gnýþolli létk gjalla;
gǫrt hefk fyr mik svartan.
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.
Matt ka ek | hefnð enn hrafni hrings fekk ek brand. a þingi balldrs let ek vigi | valldit varga setvrs við marga. meiʀ hefni þo þeiʀa þorgeirss vinir || fleiri gnyþolli let ek gialla giort hefi ek fyri mik svartan.
(RDF)
imagesMatkat ek hefnd en hrafni | hrings feck ek brað a þingi || balldrs let ek vigi valldit | varga skers fyr marga | meir hefndi þo þeirra | þorgeirs vinir fleiri | gnyþolli let ek gialla | gert hefi ek fyr mik svartan |
(RDF)
imagesMatkat ek hefnd enn hrafni | hrings feck ec brað a þingi | balldrs let ec vigi valldit | varga skers fyrir marga | meiʀ hefndi þo þeiʀa | þorgeirs vinir fleiri | gny þolli let ec gialla | gert hefi ec fyrir mic svartan ||
(VEÞ)
imagesMatkat (Mætta) ek hefnd enn hrafni | hrings feck ek braþ (bragþ) a þingi || balldrs (hialldrs) let ek vigi valldit | varga skers (fletz) viþ marga | meirr hefndi þo þeirra | þorgeirs vinir fleiri | gnyþolli let ek gialla | gert hefi ek fyrir mik svartan· (svortum) |
(RDF)
imagesMattkad eg hefnd nu hrafnj , | hrinngs fieck eg Brꜳ̋d ꜳ̋ þinngi Balldurs liet eg ʀegne | valldit varga fleis vid marga ɢnij þolli liet eg gialla | gerst hefe eg fyr suorttumm , meiri hefdi þo þeirra þorgeirs | viner fleiri :
(RDF)
imagesMætta ek hefnnd en hrafni hrings fek ek | bragd a þínge hialldrs let ek uíge ualldít uarga fletz vid marg | a gnyþolli let ek gialla gert hefíg firir mer suortum mæirr hefnde þ | o þeirra þorgæirs uinir flæire·
(RDF)
imagesMætta ec hefnd enn hrafni | hrings fecc ec braþ a þinge | hialldrs let ec vigi valldit | varga fletz við marga | gnyþolli let ec gialla | gert hefig fyrir mer suortum || meiʀ hefndi þa þeira | þorgeirs vinir fleiri |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 2. Lausavísur 8: AI, 283, BI, 262, Skald I, 135, NN §§708, 2440, 3072, 3097I; Hb 1892-6, 397, Flat 1860-8, II, 212 (Fbr (ÓH ch. 157)), Fbr 1852, 90-1 (ch. 9), Fbr 1925-7, 166 (ch. 23), Loth 1960a, 137 (ch. 15), ÍS 826 (ch. 23), ÍF 6, 236-7 (Fbr ch. 23); Gaertner 1907, 311, 336-7, Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 60-1.
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