Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 23 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 573.
Langleit ertu, fóstra, ok lætr róa nefit;
ei hefi ek flagðit felligra litit;
eða hvert hefir þú förina görva?
Ertu langleit, fóstra, ok lætr nefit róa; ek hefi ei litit flagðit felligra; eða hvert hefir þú görva förina?
‘You are long-faced, foster-mother, and you let your nose row; I have not seen a more monstrous ogress; and where are you travelling to?’
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Langleit ertu, fóstra,
ok lætr róa nefit;
eigi hefi ek flagðit
felligra litit;
eða hvert hefir þú förina görva?
langleit ertu fostra | oc lætr þo roa nefit | ei hefic ferligri || flagðkonu litit | Eða hvert hefir þu forina gerva,
(VEÞ)
Langleýt ertu föstrud , | og lætur Röa Neffid , eý heff eg flagdid ferlegra li | ted , eda huort heffur þu fórena gíórffa.
(VEÞ)
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