R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 22 (Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísa from Fóstbræðra saga 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. 518.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hræddur mjǫk var hinn er meiddi
hjǫr aldrigi, sviptir tjalda;
skulfu síðan skips í álfi
skjótlyndum meðal hárs ok fóta
bæði tennur, bein ok æðar,
brann vizkunnar hverfi þannig
firna hart sem eldr á arni;
æslamikil var þessi hræsla.
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.
Hræddr uar hinn er meiddi híor alldregi suiptír | tiallda · skulfu sidan skips j alfui skiotlyndum medal hárs ok fota b | ade tennr bæín ok ædar brann uitzskunnar huerfui þannueg firnna hart | sem elldr a árnni æsla mikil var þessi hræzsla·
(RDF)
imagesHræddur miog var hinn er meiddi , hior alldreigi svipter tia | llda , skulfu sijdann skufs J alfu skiotlynndumm medal ha | uss ok fota , Bædi tennur Bein ok ædar Brann viskunnar huorfu | þannenn fyrnna hartt kom elldur af arnni , æsla mikil var þessi | hrædsla .
(RDF)
imagesHræddr var hinn er meiddi | hior alldregi sviptir tiallda | skulfu siþan skips i alfvi | skiotlyndum meþal hárs oc fota | baþe tennr bæin oc æþar | brann vitzskunnar hverfvi þanneg | firna hart sem elldr a arni | æsla mikil var þessi hræzla. |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], A. 5. Vers af sagaer: Af isl. slægtsagaer: Af Fóstbræðrasaga: AII, 454, BII, 486, Skald II, 265; Gaertner 1907, 310, 334, Flat 1860-8, II, 211, Fbr 1925-7, 162-3, ÍF 6, 233-4 n. 5 ( Fbr ch. 23).
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