SKÁLD | Rún (Lyrics & Translation)

~ Enable subtitles for the English translation! ᛞ | All by SKÁLD:    • SKÁLD ᛞ   ᛚ | Vikings Chant (Album):    • SKÁLD | Vikings Chant (Lyrics & Translation)   ᚾ | More in Old Norse:    • Old Norse ᚾ   ᛝ | More Viking songs:    • Viking songs ᛝ   The stanzas quote the short poem “Völuspá hin skamma” (“Short Völuspá”) as reported in “Gylfaginning” in the Prose Edda. Refrains list out all the names of the runes present in Elder Futhark alphabet (which is also the alphabet I used for my transcription). Runes had a sacred use in Nordic religion: Norse sorcerers, seeresses and warlocks worked their magic with the runes and Odin himself hung to the ash Yggdrasil for nine nights to learn the secrets of the runes and gain the right to be runemaster. To every rune is associated a meaning, usually a word starting by the same letter, to which their magical power was linked. In my translation I opted for a translation of the runes’ names, instead of simply copying them, but keep in mind that most of these names can have more than one translation, and in most cases said translation is not certain [the word “rune” itself means “secret”, after all]. Here is the full list: Fehu: ᚠ [f] – wealth, cattle Uruz: ᚢ [u/v] – rain, aurochs, dross, water Þurisaz: ᚦ [þ/ð] – giant Ansuz: ᚨ [a] – Ás god, oak, ash Raido: ᚱ [r] – ride (=”journey by horse”) Kenaz: ᚲ [k] – ulcer, maybe torch Gebo: ᚷ [g] – gift Wunjo: ᚹ [w] – joy Hagalaz: ᚺ/ᚻ [h] – hail Naudiz: ᚾ [n] – hardship, need Isa: ᛁ [i] – ice Jera: ᛃ [j] – year, harvest Eihwaz: ᛇ [ï/æ] – yew Perþo: ᛈ [p] – unknown meaning Algiz: ᛉ [z] – elk, yew Sowilo: ᛊ/ᛋ [s] – sun Tiwaz: ᛏ [t] - Týr Berkano: ᛒ [b] – birch Ehwaz: ᛖ [e] – horse Mannaz: ᛗ [m] – man, human Laguz: ᛚ [l] – water, waterfall, lake or leek Ingwaz: ᛜ/ᛝ [ŋ] – Yngvi Oþalaz: ᛟ [o] – heritage, estate Dagaz: ᛞ [d] – day “Valföðr” (“father of the slain”) is one of Odin’s many epithets. Vitkar were magicians in Norse societies, especially dedicated to runic magic. Any suggestion and/or observation is warmly welcome. The lyrics are pronounced by singer Justine Galmiche as modern Icelandic, instead of using Old Norse pronunciation: e.g. she sings “á” as the Icelandic diphthong /au/ instead of the Old Norse /a:/ or the double “l” as /tl/. #FlamSparks #SKALD #VikingsChant #VikingsMemories #SKÁLD #Norse #OldNorse #vikings #nordicmusic #nordicmythology #norsemythology #scandinavia #scandinavianfolklore #nordicfolklore #norsefolklore #norsemusic #Run #Rún ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow me on Instagram:   / flamsparks