Lausavísur — Gestr LvV
Gestr ÞórhallssonGestr Þórhallsson, Lausavísur — Vol. 5 — Colin Grant
Colin Grant (forthcoming), ‘ Gestr Þórhallsson, Lausavísur’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1198> (accessed 20 April 2024)
sák Víga-Styr hníga,
bǫndum þǫrf at binda;
beit hjalma stoð þveita,
þás af brúnar beinum
báglunds goði mági
unda sœg í augu
allrauðan sák falla.
This text is from an old edition
galdrs, miðjungi skjaldar
dunði djúpra benja
dǫgg, rǫskligast hǫggvit.
This text is from an old edition
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