Þat Mælti Mín Móðir (My Mother Told Me) by Hindarfjäll Feat. Peter Franzén 

I wish... Because today's world is not for me.

i am struggling, but i get some of it. "det meldte min mor," in the title obviously. just now as i am writing "sejle ind i havne, hugge en mand og en anden." i assume there is also something along the lines of "fare bort med vikinger." and "stå oppe i stævnen." idk if icelanders learn Danish anymore, so idk if you can understand my things.

I tried translating it as well as i could into contemporary danish, with dictionaries. Dette meldte min morder: at jeg en dag skal købe mig, et skib med gode åre, rejser ud med vikinger. Stå oppe i stævnen, styre mit 'handelsskib' (eller dyre skib). Bringe det til havn, hugger en mand og en anden."

@joelm33 The language you use in Iceland is a direct descendant from Old Norse. Some language books says that the Icelandic language never have changed since it was occupied by the Vikings because it was isolated.

Actually, the only thing that confuses me is the pronunciation of the letter eth, ð. I thought it was pronounced as 'th' in THought. I know that in later years, it was said as 'dh', but I thought even in Modern Icelandic, eth was still pronounced the same.

My thoughts exactly!

@@TheColonelCommisar v

the first sound we hear isn't from a traditional instrument

Look up Colm McGuiness. He does an old Norse version too. A pretty good one.

I agree with you

Funny thing, they're not costumes. Those are actually the dwellers of Grimfrost viking settlement in Sweden. They live like that 70% of the year. If I remember that you can go there and live amongst them but it will cost you, presumably alot and I think the requirements is you must bring something to the table that is useful.

@@munk3ymxn587 That's pretty damn cool that their keeping their heritage and traditions (well except for the raiding, raping, and pillaging) alive. I wish video game designers and film makers would spend some time actually consulting with people like this for Norse historical settings; I'm so sick of furs, leather armor, naked warriors, and bland coloured clothing.

Im pretty sure Grimfrost took part in the costume supplying for the show Vikings

@@V1k1ng1 they did

Grimfrost has provided costumes for the show Vikings among others.

Definitely the best version

Definitely the best version so far. I'm still working on my version. Hope you all gonna like it too.

Agreed!

THE ONLY VERSION

The Olsens of Trondheim agree! (our family)

Aren't all his episodes sponsored by Grimfrost already?

I bet he is involved in this

I got here from a link posted by him

The language is probably right. But I'd love to hear this as an actual kvað sung in the old way.

We need a Real move maje with this level of love

It is way older originating in the 9th century.

The warrior poet who wrote Þat Mælti Mín Móðir; Egill Skallagrímsson; was born around 910 and died around 990, so the poem is somewhat close to 1100 years old

"Hmm well actually" 🤓

Egil's saga 🔥 🔥 🔥

​@@danininliluninshu2923he became quite old

Lovely comment.

The poem was written in the viking era. it is a poem from Egil’s saga.The Viking series just used it without giving credit. =)

@@anzacwargaming1698 I'm sure Egil doesn't mind.

the song/the poem have nothing to do with the vikings tv series :)

@@sayianstakepain Except that it was sung in the show a few times...

True

«Рюриковичи мы!»

Rus, like men from Roslagen on viking in east. Roslagen is around Stockholm, Sweden.

Remember, Russians have nothing in common with Kievan Rus. Russians are part of the Golden Horde.

@@ВолодимирЛікарко learn about where word “Rus” is come from, don’t be cringe 😂😂😂

Nonsense! They didn't even have horns like Hagar the Horrible.

What always makes me laugh is that every time some sings this song in English, it's not the same song. The more accurate version is; "My mother told me they ought to buy me a ship and good oars I ought to go with Vikings. Stand up in the ship, steer the good ship, sail into the harbor, kill one man after another." The weird English version doesn't make much sense when you know even a small amount of Old Norse/Icelandic. Especially when in English no one ever says anything about Vikings when it's part of the song.

@@acestillwell98 My mother told me Someday I would buy Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores My mother told me Someday I would buy (buy) Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores Stand up on the prow Noble barque I steer (Steady) Steady course to the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men I would think it's because the lyrics get misunderstood and muddled. These lyrics seem similar enough to me but the reason for the inaccurate translation is probably to preserve some poetry and rhyming. Also, the lyrics to the English version sound more "old timey" than the more literal translation you've provided.

@@itztocaJulia Its believed that you do not sing Old Norse poetry and the Old Norse version does not rhyme actually. Also, the poem is literal, because the words used leave no room for imagination. The translation I gave is one from an expert. The poem was made by an 11 year old kid because his mom said 'they should buy him a ship, hes ready to be a Viking.'

@@acestillwell98 Absolutely wrong. Your “expert” wasn’t much of an expert. They weren’t “Vikings” the term “Viking” was a verb, they went on a viking, so the English translation of “sails to distant shores” is accurate as a verbiage aspect. 😂

On this song is not "Peter" is it "King Harald"

@@christianhansen7407 if you pay attention, the actor who plays King Harold, is PETER Franzén…

Peter just has the perfect vocals for this type of song, kind of jealous not going to lie

Same here❤❤

Don't worry, she is in better place. Everything will be alright, i wish you luck, health, and peace, be strong.

Same happened to me 4 years ago,it gets better with time,and I believe we will meet our ancestors again and be with them once we die

Question: you American?

@@langskeppet9887 Yes. Why? My family is from Iceland, we have a saga called "The Burnt Njal" that is about my family in the 9th Century. My family is Scandanavian, Celtic, German, french and South slavic (Búlgaría).

Haill auk sæll skål bróðir

@@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast interesting, but let me tell you smth real quick. I am also Swedish and it wouldn’t surprise me if I or some hundreds of other Swedes, Scandinavians and what not to share the blood of that viking, or any other Viking. Why is this? Well people during these times went around to brothels and such, a example of this very thing comes when you see the American presidents. Only 2 of them don’t share the blood of king John, and no one of these presidents weren’t even Obama. I could probably share the blood of some random lord/king/legend that I don’t know about, but maybe 10000 people also share his/hers blood. That is why I am not impressed, tho ofc if you know whom was your ancestor there is a big chance no one else have found about it yet which would mean that you can still flex with it. (Btw reason I asked if you were American is because there is a bunch of Vikingboos there). Another PS: I love the Vendel period more then the Viking age as it is filled with artifacts of art, legends and much more.

@@langskeppet9887 I have no idea what á "vikingboo" is. Im simply á norse traditionalist. Not "brosatru" not asatru, I dont belong to some wannabe clubs or group. I am simply continuing the tradition that my ancestors did. Because I am them. As far as "Viking blood" or DNA. I dont really care how many share that persons DNA, and its not a flex. its very simple really. I share his last name, and DNA, along with many other scandanavian men and women, as I have two sides of my family from Norway, Sweden, and then traced them into Iceland and scotland after their invasion. The son of Njål landed in scotland, and I traced him to my grandfathers side. The simple fact is í have 60% scandanavian DNA, 20% Scottish DNA, and 13% french, and German mix, and 8% south slavic DNA. My family is full of warriors, stretching from two grandfathers who fought in world war 2, back to the norse, scythians, germanic tribes, and the picts as well. Thats whats important. Im from a long line of warriors and Men who refused to put down their weapons. Whether or not someone else share that DNA is of no concern to me. I also spent time in gangs on the street, I was locked up at 11 for the first time in a juvenile facility, I have survived many things on the streets, watched friends die and buried them, abuse, violent shootings, and being locked up, homeless, drug abuse, and alcoholism. So for me í was lost until I figured out why I was so tough, and why im still here and not dead. Because I am part of these fearless men. I was always different. Never afraid of anyone, or death. That was long before I figured out who I was. Ive had pistols in my face, and looked death in the face, and I never flinched. Now I know why. Not all men are created equally. Ps. I will sáy that people like you who go into comment section to pick apart, so called "viking" wannabes or followers are annoying. If you dont like them fine. But its really on them to be what they want. I see alot of people in this whole community always trying to out do eachother, instead of just getting along. Its always, "american vikings are stupid wannabes" or "These viking people in Sweden are so stuck up, cause they have a higher percentage of DNA.". No one gives a flying fk. Just do you. If they are fake, let them be fake. If you want to know anything else about me, feel free to add me on instagram @slavic_viking1983 (No í am not a plastic wannabe viking that decided after watching the show that now im super duper warrior viking man, that has the blood of every character in the show. I was doing this long before I watched vikings).

Egil wrote it after his first killing, aged 7

That sounds great! Can we take a look into the books?

@NinjaSnail1080 maybe the aliens gave the Norse people the language?

@NinjaSnail1080 it aligns with Norse mythology to a degree. Odin gave his eye so his people could use runes did he not? What if Odin was an alien like the Annunaki?

Which is admittedly a funny reaction to have to a song about killing people and taking their stuff, but y'know. We contain multitudes

Sincere condolences; Grandmas are special; mine been gone for over 20 years, and there is not a day I don't miss her comforting presence.

Peter Franzen wo hier mitmacht ist sogar der Schauspieler von Harald Schönhaar

Wess ich doch ;)

Grüße aus Süddeutschland xD ich könnte das ewig hören ♡ hätte mich noch mehr gefreut wenn Halfdan noch mitgesungen hätte aber selbst so ist es super

It makes sense. His breath is also from Odin.

@hola don't know that Peter cares that much about Asa gods nor Kalevala gods.

You might consider Baldur in your praises then.

@Ice Age Baby Peter is Norwegian, Jasper Pääkkönen who played Halfdan is Finnish..

I'd rather say from Bragi. Whatever god or goddess he got it from, he sounds amazing!

I was in the US Army, same nationally. I didn't understand until now!!! But strength comes from somewhere.

We shall never forget our heritage. We have seen so much good & bad in the past, if we forget where we have came to this point, we are doomed to fall. Greetings from the north :)

Skål!

Not accurate at all if you specifically mean with regards to the vikings. These sorts of instruments all date back to hundreds of years after the viking era ended and by which point, Scandinavia had mostly converted to Christianity. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely appreciate the artistic value of this but there is so much misinformation floating around about instruments such as the tagelharpa, jouhikko and Kravik lyre. And even Einar Selvik himself openly rejects the term "viking" to describe his music. The truth is, we don't have any idea what truly accurate viking music sounds like as it's all been lost over time.

This isnt historical viking music

I'm scandi and native...I feel the most at peace listening to old norse songs and learning the language. Also been working on Anishinaabemowin.

Actually, it is a poem, not a song. So if you want to be that careful, then you should probably not sing the lyrics. But to be fair, we don't actually know a shit about that, other then what was written down in the old scripts. By Christian people about the old ways. And I am most grateful about that.

@@AndersJackson Poems are basically lyrics without the accompanying tune anyway.

Are you Australian?

@@braekvitravn7511 yeah, from Melbourne.

@Frosted Blake it’s the middle of winter here at the moment, but we don’t get snow anywhere except in the mountain ranges between Victoria and New South Wales, and maybe in Tasmania.

@@atraxuswraithe6031 Nice I am from Queensland

Should fill you with fear.

What kind of drugs are you smoking

I know it's been a while but my faith is stronger than blood so fuck any ties to any Anglo bull shit

Me too .. was just thinking same thing listening to this

Same

Same brother.

I can imagining King Harald legacy will never die or be forgotten