Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2022, ‘Bergbúa þáttr 7 (Hallmundr bergbúinn, Hallmundarkviða 7)’ 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. 45.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Stíg ek fjall af fjalli,
ferk opt litum, þoptum,
geyst ferk norðr et nyrðra
niðr í heim enn þriðja;
skegg berr opt, sás uggir,
ámr, við minni kvámu,
brýtk við bjarga gæti
bág, í Élivága,
bág, í Élivága.
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.
Stíg ec á fjall af fialli, fer ec opt litum þopta, dýrst ber ec Nordur it nedra, | nidur í heim inn þridja, Skegg beri opt sá er uggir, ómer vid minni kómo, brýt | ec vid biargagjæti, bág í jéli vága - Bág í jéli vága.
(TW)
Stíg eg á fiall af fialli, | fer eg opt litum þopta, dinst fer eg nordan og nedan, | nidur í heim hinn þridia, | skegg bere opt sá er uggir, | amar vid minni kvamo, | brýt eg vid biarga giǽtir | :|::|: bag i ele vaga :|::|: -
(TW)
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