Rolf Stavnem and Margaret Clunies Ross (eds) 2022, ‘Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings 8 (Hávarðr halti Ísfirðingr, Lausavísur 2-14 7)’ 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. 960.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Hratt gekk sonr, þás sótti
sunnu bekks at runni
(hvatr frák at brá bitrum
blóðísi) Geirdísar;
enn réð Eyjolfr minnask
eggleiks við kyn seggja,
geymi-Baldr, at gjalda,
gunnbliks, jǫru runnum.
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.
Snar geck Sonur þa er sokn | Sunnar bliks ad minne hvatur frꜳ eg hio᷎r | brꜳ bytrumm blodyse Gerdysar · enn ried | Eyolfur minnazt eggleiks vid kýn seggia | geyme Balldurs ad giallda gunnblaks fyrra | runnumm ·
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imagesSnar giekk sonur þä er sokti / sunnar bliks ad munni / hvatur | frä eg hiǫr brä bitrum / Blöd-dýsi gerd-ijsar / Enn Ri | ed Eýőlfur minnast· Egg-leyks vid kyn seggia / geymi | Balldurs ad giallda· Gunn-blaks fyrra Runnumm
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imagesSnar giech sonur þa̋ er sőchte Sunnar bliks | ad munne Huatur fra eg hiór bra̋ bitrumm | blod dyse gierd ysar Enn ried Eyulfur minnast | Egg leiks vid kin seggia geime balldurs ad | gı̈allda gunn blaks firra runnumm
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imagesSnart gjeck | sunnur þa̋ er sőkte sunnar bliks ad runne hvatr frä eg hjǫ́r ⸍⸍vi bitrum blődrise gejrdı̈sar enn rjed Ejőlfur minnaz , || eggleiks vid kin seggja gejra balldre ad gjallda gunnblaks | firra runnum.
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imagesSnar geck sonr þa er sotti | sunnarbliks at minni| hvatr fra ek hior bra bitrum | bloðise gerdisar | enn reð Eyiolfr minnaz | eggleiks við kyn seɢia | geymi balldrs at giallda | gunnblaks fyʀa runnum |
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imagesSnókt geck svinnur þä er sökte sunnar bliks | at runne huatur med brande bitrumm blödfýse J geirdýsar | enn ried Eýolfur minnast eggleýks vid gnij seggia geira balldur | at giólldumm gunnblaks kuómo runnar.
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imagesSnart geck sannur[10] sa ⸌þa⸍[11] er sökti sunnar blycks af unne[12] | hvatur frä eg hiørfa[13] bitrum blodrisa[14] geyr[15] dysar | Enn ried Eyolfur minnast eggleiks vid þa[16] seggia | Geyra[17] balldur[18] ad giallda gunnblaks frä[19] alrunne[20]. |
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