BjRagn Lv 1VIII (Ragn 7)
Rory McTurk (ed.) 2017, ‘Ragnars saga loðbrókar 7 (Bjǫrn Ragnarsson, Lausavísur 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 637.
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Upp hrundum vér ópi,
ór bitu meir en þeira
(satt munk til þess segja)
sverð, í Gnípafirði;
knátti hverr at hildi
fyr Hvítabæ útan
(né sitt spari sveinar
sverð) manns-bani verða.
sources
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.
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NKS 1824 b 4° (1824b) — 60v/14 - 60v/16
Vpp ʀundu ver opi. var bitu meir en þeirra. ꜱatt mvn ek til þess segia. ꜱuerð i gnípa firde. knatte hverr er villde | fyri hvita bę vtan. ne sit sparí sueínar sverd mannz bane verða.
(RM)
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AM 147 4° (147) — 109r/3 - 109r/5
| [...] [ver opi v][...]r bitu mei[...] | [...]erd i gn[...] [kn]ꜳtt[i] h[ve]r er villdi fyrir | [...]nar sv[...]
(SGG)
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editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 2. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Ragnarssaga loðbrókar III: AII, 233, BII, 253, Skald II, 131; FSN 1, 254 (Ragn ch. 7), Ragn 1891, 190 (ch. 7; misnumbered 6), Ragn 1906-8, 132, 180, 199-200 (ch. 8), Ragn 1944, 48-51 (ch. 8), FSGJ 1, 241-2 (Ragn ch. 8), Ragn 1985, 117-18 (ch. 8), Ragn 2003, 27 (ch. 8), CPB II, 351.
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