Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2022, ‘Bergbúa þáttr 8 (Hallmundr bergbúinn, Hallmundarkviða 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. 47.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Várum húms í heimi,
hugðak því svát dugði,
vér nutum verka þeira,
vallbingr, saman allir;
undr er, hví "ǫrvar" myndi
"eitr . . yðin" mér heita,
þó ef ek þangat kæma,
þrekramms á vit, "glamma",
þrekramms á vit, "glamma".
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.
Vorom hums í heimi, hugdac þvi sva dugdi, ver nýtum verka þeira, vall-|bjúgur saman allir, undur er hný o᷎rnar munþi, eitrhrýni mer heita, þo ef ec þáng-|ad kjæmi, þreck ramms vid hlyn glamma, þreckramms vid hlyn Glamma.
(TW)
Vorum heimz í humi | hugda eg því er so dugdi, | ver nutum verka þeirra | vallbiúgir saman allir, | undur er hví ørfar mydne, | eýtur hridiu mér veita, | þo ef ec þannig kiǽmi, | :|::|: þrekramz á vid hlin glamma :|::|:
(TW)
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