R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Njáls saga 14 (Skarpheðinn Njálsson, Lausavísur 2)’ 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. 1238.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Eigi þótti ægis
áfestǫndum hesta
þurfa þróttar-djǫrfum
þeim lítlu við hlíta;
nær skulum hefja, hrærir,
handa, lǫgðis branda,
sverð ruðu frægir fyrðar
fyrr, ef nú erum kyrrir.
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.
Eigi | þotti ægis · ꜳ festendvm · hesta · þvrffa þrottar diorfvm · þeim · litils vid hlita · nær skolvm he | fia h[...]rir · handa lꜹgdis branda · sverd ʀvddv frægir fyrdar fyr ef nv er kyrriʀ ᷎
(VEÞ)
imagesEige þötti ergis / Afestendum hesta / þurfa þröttar | diǫrfum / þeim lijtis vid hlijta / vier skulum hefna hræer | handa bugners branda / suerd rudu fræger firdar firr ef | nu ero kirrer ·
(TW)
Eigi þotti ǽgiss áfestꜹndvm hesta · þyrfa · þrotta dior | fvm þeim lítils við hlíta · nǽr skulvm hefía hrǽrir hannda lꜹggðis branda · sverð | rv́ðv fǽgir fyrðár · fyʀ éf nv́ ervm kyʀir ·
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], D. 1. [1]. Uægte vers af slægtsagaer: Af Njálssaga 12: AII, 200-1, BII, 214, Skald II, 112, NN §§1420, 1923B; Nj 1875-89, I, 181 (ch. 43), II, 429-30, ÍF 12, 470-1 (Viðbætir); Jón Þorkelsson 1870, 9-10.
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