Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2022, ‘Gísla saga Súrssonar 19 (Gísli Súrsson, Lausavísur 16)’ 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. 579.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vald eigi þú vígi,
vesþú ótyrrinn fyrri
morðs við mœti-Njǫrðu,
(mér heitið því) sleitinn;
blakkskyndir hjalp blindum,
Baldr hygg at því skjaldar,
ilt kveða háð, en hǫltum
handlausum, dý, grandat.
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.
Valld e[...] | þv uigi vertu otyrrínn fyrre motz morz uid meite niaurdu · mer heitit þvi sleitu baug sk[...] yn || nndir hialp þu blinndum balldur hygg þv at þvi skialldar · illt kueda hꜳd at haulltum ⸝⸝hanndlausum ty grannda |
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imagesUa | lld eigi þu ualldi uertu otyrín fyri mordz uid mæti niordu men uei | tir suo sleítu blackskyndir hialptu blíndum balldr hygdu at þui | skíalldar illt queda had ok holltum handlausum ty granda
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imagesValld eigi þu vigi | vertu otyrinn fyʀi | morðz við mæti niorðu | mer heitið þvi sleitinn | bꜹgsendir hialp þu blindum | balldr hyɢ þu at þvi skialldar | illt qveða hað at holltum | handlꜹsum ti granda |
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imagesValld eigi þú vígi | vertu ótyrrinn fyrri | Mordz vid mæti niaurdu, | Mer heitit þui, sleitu.|| Baugsendir hiálftu blindum, | balldr hygg þú at þuí skialldar, | illt kueda hád ok haulltum, | hiálp(hand)lausum tý granda ⸌ok vandum.⸍ |
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imagesValld eigi þu valldi | vertu otyrrinn fyrri | morþz viþ mætiniorþu | mer heitiþ þvi sleitinn | baulsendir hialp þu blindum | balldr hygg þu at þvi skialldar | illt qveþa haþ oc haulltum | handlausum ..|
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