Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2022, ‘Bergbúa þáttr 5 (Hallmundr bergbúinn, Hallmundarkviða 5)’ 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. 42.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Þýtr í þungu grjóti
"þrír eskinnar svíra";
undr láta þat ýtar
enn er jǫklar brenna;
þó mun stórum mun meira
morðlundr á Snjógrundu
undr, þats ór mun standa,
annat, fár, of kanna,
annat, fár, of kanna.
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.
Þýtur í þúngu grióti, þrým Eskvinar Simra, undur láta þer/at ýtar, enn er jo᷎klar | brenna, þó mun stórum mun meira, mordlundur á Snjógrundo, undur þar úr mun standa, - | annat fyrr um kannaz. anad fyrr um kannaz.
(TW)
þýtur í þúngu grióti, | þrir eskvinir simra, | undur láta þá ytar, | enn er jøklar brenna, | þa mun stórum mun meira, | mordlundur á ⸌snió⸍grundu, | undur þar or mun standa, | :|::|: annad firr enn kannast :|::|:
(TW)
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