Rolf Stavnem and Margaret Clunies Ross (eds) 2022, ‘Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings 12 (Hávarðr halti Ísfirðingr, Lausavísur 2-14 11)’ 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. 969.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hallgrímr skulum heiman
hlítik vætki (lítit
uggik) ógnar-môlum,
(íðvandr) ór stað bíða;
en víg þaus vér vôgum,
vildak aldri gjalda
geira gætiôru,
gǫrvǫll í strá falli.
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.
Hallgrimur skulumm heimann hlijt eg vættugi | lijta vggi eg ogner mestu oddvargs vr | stad bijda enn vijg þau er vær vogumm | villda eg alldrei giallda Geyra giæte ꜳra | giorvoll j strꜳ falla.
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrimur skulum heiman hlijt eg vęttugi lijta / uggi eg | mestu ogner·ȷ̋dd-vargs ür stad bijda / Enn vȷ̈g þau er | vær vógum / villde eg alldre giallda // geýra giæti a̋ra | giǫrvǫll ȷ̈ strä falla /
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrimr skulum hejman, hlit eg vættı̈nge nı̈ta, ugge eg őgnar | ma̋lum, oddvangs vest ad bı̈da, enn vı̈g þau er vær vogum | vil eg alldrejge gjallda, gejra gjæte ara, gjǫrvallt ı̈ stad | falla.
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrimr skulum heiman | hlit ek vættugi lita | uɢi ek ognir mestu | oddvargs ur stað biþa | en vig þau er vær vogum | villda ek alldri giallda | geira gæti ara | gior voll i stra falla |
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrijmur skulum heima hlijta kýrd ok nijtask | at suo skap őgns mäla skijd vangs nordann bijda enn firir | vijg er vőgum vil ek alldreie giallda þui geýra giæter | sa̋ru giet ek őhelger lietust.
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrimur skulum | heiman, hlyt eg vætt | ugi lita, ugge eg ogner | mestu, oddvargs ur | stad bida, enn vı̈g þꜹ er | vær vogum, villda eg alldrei | giallda, geira giæti | a̋ra, gio᷎rvoll i stra̋ | falla. |
(VEÞ)
imagesHallgrimur skulum heiman hlyt e[...]æ[...] | uge eg ognar malum : oddvangs vest ad bida enn vijg þau er [...] |m vil eg alldrei gjallda geira giæte ara giorvallt j stad falli |
(VEÞ)
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