Rolf Stavnem and Margaret Clunies Ross (eds) 2022, ‘Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings 7 (Hávarðr halti Ísfirðingr, Lausavísur 2-14 6)’ 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. 958.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Vér hǫfum felda fjóra
(feng telk í því drengum)
brátt, þeirs blóðgan létu
Bjargeyjar son deyja;
enn af órum mǫnnum
(eirð vas fallin geira)
þanns vas hœfðr með hlunni
Hallgrímr kveðr nú fallinn.
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.
Vær hofum fella fiora feing | tel eg j þreingium bratt þeir er blodgan Lietu | Biargeyar son deýa. enn af vorumm monnumm | einhvor sollinn geýra þion var hæfdur med hlunne | Hallgrijmur kveþur nv fallinn.
(VEÞ)
imagesVær hǫfum fellda fiőra. feing tel eg ȷ̈ dreingium / | brätt þann er blödgan lietu Biargeýiar son deýia / | Enn af vorum mǫnnumm / eirn hvǫr sollinn geyra. | þiőn var hæfdur med hlunni / Hallgrimur kvedur nu fallinn /
imagesVær | hofumm fellda fiőra feing tel eg J dreingiumm Bratt | þann er blodga lietu Biargeyar son deya Enn af | vorumm monnumm Eirn huor sollinn geira þiön | var hæfdur med hlunne Hallgrym kuedur fallinn |
(VEÞ)
imagesvær hǫ́fum fellda | fiőra fræg feng tel eg ı̈ þı̈ngum,[10] bra̋tt þann er blodgan ljetu | burgejs söme[11] dejga, enn af vorum monnum, ejnhvorn sollinn gejra, | þjőn var hæfdr med hlunne, Hallgrimr qvad nü fallinn.
(VEÞ)
imagesVær hofum | fellda fiöra fræg feing tel ek j þyngum[8] (bra̋tt þeir er blodgan lietu, Biargeyiar son deyia , | enn af vorum monnum, einhver sollinn geira, þion | var hæfdur med hlunni, hallgrimur qvedur nu fallinn.)[9]
(VEÞ)
imagesVær hofum fellda fióra | feing tel ek i þreingium | bratt þeir er bloðgan letu | Biargeyiar son deyia | enn af vorum monnum | einhver sollinn geyra | þio᷎n var hæfðr með hlunni | Hallgrimr kveðr nu fallinn |
(VEÞ)
imageswæ̋r | hófumm fellda fiőra frægd geingur sijst af eingu a̋ bra | ut þeir blőduger lietust burgeýs samer at reýsa enn af | vorumm mönnum einn þeir sollinn geira þiön hæfdu med hlunne | er hall-grijmur kuad nu fallinn.
(VEÞ)
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