Diana Whaley 2012, ‘ Gizurr svarti (gullbrárskáld), Lausavísa’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 817. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1205> (accessed 27 April 2024)
This stanza (Gizsv Lv) is a classic expression of heroic anticipation of battle, the first of a cluster of three attributed to the skalds of Óláfr Haraldsson at the fateful battle of Stiklastaðir (Stiklestad, 1030): see Context. The stanzas contribute to the special atmosphere which pervades the saga accounts of this famous battle. Gizsv Lv is preserved in Snorri Sturluson’s Óláfs saga helga in both the Separate version (ÓH; mss listed below) and Hkr version (ÓHHkr; ms. Kˣ as main ms.); the versions are jointly designated ÓH-Hkr below. It is also in ÓHLeg (DG8), where it is credited to Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, and in Fóstbræðra saga (Fbr; 141ˣ
).
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