Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Hallfreðar saga 16 (Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Lausavísur 13)’ 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. 893.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Svá hefk hermila harma,
hné Baldr í gný skjalda
(baugs erum svipr at sveigi)
sárlinns, rekit minna,
at lofhnugginn liggja
létk sunnr í dyn Gunnar,
ek of hefnda svá okkar,
Auðgísls bana dauðan.
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.
Sva hefk hermila harma . hníg balldr i gny skia | llda . baugs erum svipt at sueigi . sár linnz rekit minna . at lof | hnugginn liggia . let ek svnnr i dyn gvɴar . ekk vm hefnda sva ockar | avð gisl bana daudan.
(VEÞ)
imagesSua hefk her | míla harma hnig balldr i gny skiallda bavgs | ervm svipt at sveigi sꜳrlinnz rekit minna at | lofhnugginn liggia let ek svnr i dyn gunnar ek | vm hefnda sva ockaʀ avdgils bana davþan |
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Hallfrøðr Óttarsson vandræðaskáld, 5. Lausavísur 13: AI, 169-70, BI, 159-60, Skald I, 86, NN §1158; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 29, Flat 1860-8, I, 342; ÍF 8, 174-5 (Hallfr ch. 8), Hallfr 1977, 77, ÍS II, 1210, 1243.
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