Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 68 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Lausavísur 36)’ 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. 796.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Svá varð skildr frá skáldi
skeljeggr brimis eggja
meiðr, þótt margir stæði
menn at vápna sennu,
svá at ófærr varð ára
endr af Grettis hendi
hlynr í hríðum benja;
hest gaf hann mér at lesti.
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.
Suo uard skildur frꜳ skalldi | skell leggur mínnis eggia meiger líott marger stædi menn ad uopna sennu suo ad o fær uard ꜳra enndur | af Grettes henndi hlynur j hridum beima [or beina] · hest gaf hann mer at leste ⸍
(JG)
imagesso vard skilldur fra skalldi | skeleggur munniz veggia, meidur þott margir stædi menn ad vopnasennu | so ad ofær var aura endur aff Grettis hendi hlunnur J hrijdjum benja hest | gaff hann mier ad lesti·
(VEÞ)
Sva var scildr fra scalde | sceleɢr minnis veɢia | meyþr þott margr stæþe | menn at vapna sennu | sva at oferð varð a̋ra | endr af Grettirs hende | hlinr i horðum beina | hest gaf hann mer at lesti |
(VEÞ)
imagesSo vard skylldur frä skalldi | skiellegur minnis veggja | meidur þött marga stæde | menn aþ vopna sennu | So ad ofær vard Aura | Endur af Grettirs hendi | hlinur i hrı̈̈þum Benja . | hest gaf hann mier ad lesti.
(JG)
Suo var skyldur frä skalldi skiölegur minnis vegia ⸍ meydur þö margur stæde ⸍ menn | ad vopna sennum. so ad o fær var ura ⸍ endur af Grettis hendi ⸍ hlyrt ad ho | rdum dreyra ⸍ hest gaf hann mier ad lesti ⸍
(JG)
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