Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2022, ‘Bergbúa þáttr 1 (Hallmundr bergbúinn, Hallmundarkviða 1)’ 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. 35.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hrynr af heiða fenri,
hǫll taka bjǫrg at falla,
fátt mun at fornu setri
fríðs aldjǫtuns hríðar;
gnýr, þás gengr enn hári
gramr of døkkva hamra.
Hátt stígr hǫllum fæti
Hallmundr í gný fjalla,
Hallmundr í gný fjalla,.
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.
Hrynr af heida fenre hỏll taka biỏrg at falla f[...]|tt mun at fórnu settrí fridr alld jỏtun hri[...]r gny[r] | þa er gengr en ha̋ri gramr vm dỏckua hamra hatt stíg[...] | hỏllum fǽtí hallmundr j. gny fialla hallmund. j. g.
(TW)
imagesHrimur af heida fenre, ho᷎lltaca bio᷎rg at falla, faz mun at fornu setri, fridr | alld jo᷎tun ridar, gnýr sá er gengr hinn hári, gramur um hratta hamra, hátt stígur || ho᷎llum fæti, hallmundr í gný fialla. hallmundr í gný fialla.
(TW)
hrýtur ad heyda fenri, | holl taka biørg ad falla, | fátt er ad fornu setti, | fridur ald-jötuns ridar, | gnír þar geingur hinn hári, | gramur um bratta hamra, | hátt stígur höllum fæti, | :||: hallmundar í gní fialla :||:
(TW)
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