Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2022, ‘Bergbúa þáttr 4 (Hallmundr bergbúinn, Hallmundarkviða 4)’ 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. 40.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Springa bjǫrg ok bungur
bergs, vinnask þá, stinnar
stór, ok hǫrga hrærir
hjarlborg, firar margir;
þytr var of Þundar glitni,
þrammak á, fyr skǫmmu,
en fagna þess þegnar
þeir hvívetna fleiri,
þeir hvívetna fleiri.
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.
Springa biorg ok bungr biỏrg vínnaz þa stínnar stó[...] | ok hỏrga hrǽrir· hialldr borg fírar margír þyttr er v[...] | þundar glíttní· þramma· ek· a̋· fyrir skỏmmu en magi[...] | þys þegnar þeír huíuetna fleiri þeir· huíuetna· fl[...]
(TW)
imagesSpringa Bio᷎rg oc Bungur, Borgir vinni/ur þá Stinnar, stór oc ho᷎rga hærir, hialldur | beigfráir margir, þrymir um þrindar Glýma, þramma ec á fyr Sko᷎mmo, enn magna | þis þegnar, þeir hvęvetna fleiri, þeir hvervetna fleiri.
(TW)
Sprínga biørg og búngur, | borg vinnast þá stinnar, | stør, og hørgahrǽrir, | hialdurs byng þá frár margur, | þitur í þundar glítnu, | þramma ek á fyrir skømmu enn magna þiz þegnar, || :|::|: þeir hvívetna fleiri :|::|:
(TW)
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