Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Hallfreðar saga 34 (Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Lausavísur 28)’ 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. 914.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Ek munda nú andask,
ungr vask harðr í tungu,
senn, ef sôlu minni,
sorglaust, vissak borgit;
veitk, at vetki of sýtik,
valdi goð hvar aldri,
(dauðr verðr hverr) nema hræðumk
helvíti, skal slíta.
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Ek mvnda nv andaz . vngr var ek harðr itungu . senn ef salv minni . sorg | laust vissa ek borgit . veit ek at vætki of sytig . valldi guþ | hvar alldri . dauðr verðr huerr nema hræðumz . heluiti skal slita.
(VEÞ)
imagesEk mynda nu anndaz | vngr var ek harðr ítungu · sęmí ef salu minní · sorgla | ust víssa ek borgít · veít ek at vętki of sytek vall | dí guð hvar alldri · davðr verðr hverr nemak hręðumz hel | vití skal slita·
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Hallfrøðr Óttarsson vandræðaskáld, 5. Lausavísur 28: AI, 173, BI, 163, Skald I, 88; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 313, Flat 1860-8, I, 536; ÍF 8, 198 (Hallfr ch. 11), Hallfr 1977, 110, ÍS II, 1251-2.
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