Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Ketils saga hœngs 29 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur 17)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 581.
Ketill ek heiti kominn ór Hrafnistu;
þar var ek upp um alinn.
Hugfullt hjarta veit ek hlífa mér;
þó vilda ek gisting geta.
Ek heiti Ketill kominn ór Hrafnistu; þar var ek upp um alinn. Ek veit hugfullt hjarta hlífa mér; þó vilda ek geta gisting.
‘I am named Ketill, come from Hrafnista; there I was brought up. I know that a courage-filled heart protects me; yet I would like to obtain lodging.’
This stanza follows straight on from Ket 28 and is introduced by the words: Ketill kvað vísu ‘Ketill spoke a stanza’.
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Ketill ek heiti
kominn ór Hrafnistu;
þar var ek upp um alinn.
Hugfullt hjarta
veit ek hlífa mér;
þó vilda ek gisting geta.
Kíetell eg heýte komenn vr hraffnístu , þar var eg vpp | vmm alenn , hugfullt híarta veýt eg hlýffa mier | fꜳ víllda eg gystíng goda.
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