Old English Song - Harold Godwinson | The Skaldic Bard

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This is an original song I wrote and performed in Old English.
Ever since I was a mere boy growing up in England and speaking English, the Norman Conquest has bothered me greatly. The main reason for this is that I find Old English to be such an incredibly rich, beautiful language. The Norman Conquest really spelled the end of English staying deeply and conservatively connected to its West Germanic roots, with so many wonderful words being expelled from the language.
Harold Godwinson has, as a result, always been something of a hero of mine. I’ve called him “The Last King of the English” in this song as his demise saw the end of Anglo-Saxon kingship. The odds he was up against are incredible; he had to march across the whole of England, from London to Stamford Bridge near York, to fight the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada and his own brother, Tostig Godwinson. He did so and won, and then had to march all the way back down to Hastings in the south, which he did in full gear - having just fought a battle - in just four (!) days. Most heartbreakingly of all, they could have actually won the battle but the Normans managed to lure them from their strong position and encircle them. Who knows what the world would look like now if Harold Godwinson had won - for better or worse!
I have made this song to honour his attempts at defending England from every manner of foe. I hope you enjoy.
Let me know what you think in a comment (I very much enjoy reading them), and feel free to leave any suggestions for historical figures/events/topics you’d like me to cover!
My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence
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Lyrics:
Ēadweard Andettere stearf and næfþ ierfeweard.
Witena ġemōt hæfþ Harolde ġecoren.
Sind þrī þe Englaland willaþ beniman.
Ān sārspell becōm belǣwunge brōþor.
Tostig and Harold Norrena sȳð siġlaþ.
Of Normandiġe cymeþ on þrēat Willelm.
Ēadwin and Mōrcǣr feohtaþ for þām cyninge Engla!
Six þūsend Norþmonna tō Fūlforde cumaþ!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Endenehsta Cyning Engla!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Fǣrsceaðan cwōmon of eallum hwammum!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Gōd miltsiġe his sāwle!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Hē feaht for frēom Englalande!
Men þāra eorla onrǣsaþ þā fīend.
Manlīċe fuhton hīe, ac here miċel wæs.
Earmas Englisċra cempena ġetēoriaþ
and Eoforwīċ ofġefen Norþmonnum is.
Nū mid cyninge gangaþ wē of Lundene.
Hund and hundnigontiġ mīla sind wē ġegangen.
Harold rād tō þām norrenan:
“Nālīefe iċ þē nān foldan,
ac ġiefe six fōta eorþan,
þæs þū þēr bebyrġed wierst!”
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Endenehsta Cyning Engla!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Fǣrsceaðan cwōmon of eallum hwammum!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Gōd miltsiġe his sāwle!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Hē feaht for frēom Englalande!
Þā beġinþ feohtlāc æt Stanfordbryċġe.
Norren æxhearding stent þēr and forset hīe.
Fēowertiġ monna sliehþ, his strengþu brēmaþ wē,
ac þā him þurh hryċġ wrecaþ ān orþoncpil.
Norþmenn gerāwaþ hīe, wē onrǣsaþ þone weall!
“Ne restaþ oþ þæt hīe ġeslæġene bēon!”
Sēo rāw Norþmonna ġebroten,
Tostig and Harold ġefēollon.
Dēaþcwealm wæs norþherġes.
Nū grētaþ we Willelm!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Endenehsta Cyning Engla!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Fǣrsceaðan cwōmon of eallum hwammum!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Gōd miltsiġe his sāwle!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Hē feaht for frēom Englalande!
Æfter þrim dagum cwōm sē þridda ġelǣca.
Willelm lendeþ æt Pæfensēawīċe.
Sona āfaraþ wē ofer eall þæt land.
Næs þæt ēðe sīð, ac nē ġemealt mōdsefa.
Miċel ūthere samnaþ æt Hæstingum.
Ten þūsend monna on Englisċre eorþan!
Sēo fyrd and hūscarlas fȳsaþ tō beadwe,
mid æxum on handa stariaþ ofer rand heora.
On ærne morgen Winterfylleþes,
fēdeþ sēo beorhte sunne ūre wrǣþþe.
God nerie þone cyning! Rihtlīċe rīcsaþ hē!
Ġif Willelm nylþ sibbe, sċeal he æt Seaxnum feallan.
Þer ġestandaþ ealle wē
and ðunorrādstefne
ŪT, ŪT! ġiellaþ we,
ŪT of Englalande!
Wē standaþ upon hylle sċieldende wiþ flānas.
Wē āsċūfaþ gārwigan, sē wīghaga ne hrērþ.
Wē līehtaþ byrþenne horsa þāra fēonda.
Brytas Willelmes on holt ūtaflēoþ.
Belifaþ, belifaþ! Nē folgiaþ hīe on holt!
Ofsniðaþ wrǣþþe, healdaþ þone sċieldweall!
Oðflēoþ hīe eft, ac heorugrǣdigum mōdum
oferfylgiaþ wē þā hildlatan.
Ne, men, hit wil wæs! Hīe tennedon ūs!
Ēored onrǣsaþ ūre bacu gārum!
And on þæt ġefeoht hittaþ flān ūrne cyninge!
His ēage! His ēage! Harold cyning is dēad!
Heora here ġebolgen wierþþ
and īecþ þone onrǣs.
Wē oferwunnene sind,
Willelm siġefæst is.
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Endenehsta Cyning Engla!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Fǣrsceaðan cwōmon of eallum hwammum!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Gōd miltsiġe his sāwle!
Harold Gōdwines sunu!
Hē feaht for frēom Englalande!

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@SkaldBard Год назад

Now on Spotify etc! This is an original song I wrote and performed in Old English. Ever since I was a mere boy growing up in England and speaking English, the Norman Conquest has bothered me greatly. The main reason for this is that I find Old English to be such an incredibly rich, beautiful language. The Norman Conquest really spelled the end of English staying deeply and conservatively connected to its West Germanic roots, with so many wonderful words being expelled from the language. Harold Godwinson has, as a result, always been something of a hero of mine. I’ve called him “The Last King of the English” in this song as his demise saw the end of Anglo-Saxon kingship. The odds he was up against are incredible; he had to march across the whole of England, from London to Stamford Bridge near York, to fight the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada and his own brother, Tostig Godwinson. He did so and won, and then had to march all the way back down to Hastings in the south, which he did in full gear - having just fought a battle - in just four (!) days. Most heartbreakingly of all, they could have actually won the battle but the Normans managed to lure them from their strong position and encircle them. Who knows what the world would look like now if Harold Godwinson had won - for better or worse! I have made this song to honour his attempts at defending England from every manner of foe. I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think in a comment (I very much enjoy reading them), and feel free to leave any suggestions for historical figures/events/topics you’d like me to cover! If you’d like to support my work, you can do so at www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard. Many thanks! My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence.

@tfan2222 Год назад

Have you heard of Anglish? I think you’d enjoy it. Most of it only includes changing syntax, but others go further and bring back things such as the case and gender system.

@SkaldBard Год назад

@@tfan2222 I certainly have, I used to translate Wikipedia articles into Anglish on "The Anglish Moot" lel

@guydelusignan9561 Год назад

I have a small question... i think, u know the tv-series "vikings", this history/fantasy-mix about Ragnarr Loðbrók. How close is the anglo-saxxon English, used in this product, to the real in the 9th century? The funfact is, that i understand many parts of it (i dont need to read the translation on screen), maybe because i grow up with the rhine franconian dialect of my hometown, i my youth, it was nearly only spoken by old people on markets or in Pubs, as a "gutter language". Today the teach it in school, but the modern version, is more similar to Official German and not like the dialect, that i have learned from my vader, market traders, riverboatmen, and barmen. I ask this, because i have much more problems with ur anglo-saxxo english.

@ColinleGueux Год назад

As French, I side with Guillaume on this one, but respect to the defeated Harold for his brave resistance

@marcus4046 Год назад

*Somewhere in Heaven* Harald:Harold..... Harold: Wait how are you here? Harald:Brownie Points for Building Church's and Fighting Heathen Countrymen Harold: I see Harald: and let me guess died by arrow Harold:Died by arrow Harald:The Bastard is King then? Harold: Yeah.. Harald: Damn....

@nosferatu1 Месяц назад

I heard this wonderful song a long time ago, and I find it surprising that I didn't leave a comment. I apologize, I must express how impressed I am with this piece. You truly put in tremendous effort and showed great talent in this composition, which deserves more recognition! Thank you for this masterpiece.

@wulfheort8021 9 месяцев назад

That has to be the best pronunciation of Old English in a song I've heard so far.

@Tom-oj7si 5 месяцев назад

Flanders and Albion will one day both be free again

@fjalarhenriksson Месяц назад

@@Tom-oj7si All Germanic tribes will eventually break free its in our blood to not be slaves.

@kaybrown4010 9 месяцев назад

I’m drawn to the language and culture of England prior to 1066. I wish the Normans had stayed put. Memory Eternal, King Harold Godwinson.

@lopakacooper1668 9 месяцев назад

Alternate history/timeline where the English and Normans shake hands and bid farewell to each other while parting ways to their respective homelands would be pretty cool to behold.

@brandonchdib5380 Год назад

These songs got me trying to think of ways we can "revive" old english, love your songs

@termanyx Год назад

i'm doing þat already! My Niewanglisch project

@mk_gamíng0609 Год назад

Id rather revive all the Brythonic languages OUR true ancestry

@tfan2222 Год назад

@@mk_gamíng0609Brother. If you are of English decent, I can say with 100% certainty you are genetically Germanic. If you’re Scotland or Ireland that’s different.

@WendyHutchinson-pg7qy 10 месяцев назад

@@tfan2222even the scots and Irish have quite a lot of Germanic dna 🧬

@mhd-e9m 10 месяцев назад

@@WendyHutchinson-pg7qyno they got mostly Celtic DNA and yes they do have Germanic within the English influence

@ZINCr_aka_Q 3 месяца назад

Remember kids, if you learn Old English, then marry someöne and convince them to learn it too, then raise your children with it, they'd be the first native speakers of the languäge in hundreds of years

@jsmithy643 Месяц назад

#lifegoals

@fjalarhenriksson Месяц назад

My soon to be wife is Norwegian and We are certainly bringing back our common Nordic Language. Because modern Swedish suck

@clodsirelover2501 26 дней назад

#yesofcoursei'ddothatbro

@BegoneJonah 11 часов назад

Umlauts at random? If you pronounce "languäge" you sound like the Muppets' Swedish Chef!

@ZINCr_aka_Q 6 часов назад

@@BegoneJonah look up diaeresis

@hpsauce1078 9 месяцев назад

I really appreciate you providing the Anglo-Saxons a chance for the musical tradition they were never allowed the freedom to develop in our own history

@robinrehlinghaus1944 Год назад

As a German with passionate interest in linguistics, (naturally) especially west Germanic, you continue to delight me with every song. Thank you for your work, and I hope you feel as content as you deserve. 🙏

@rustybayonette6641 Год назад

Phenomenal! You're doing a great deed for the legacy of the Anglo-Saxons with your work.

@SkaldBard Год назад

Thank you! Means a lot

@rustybayonette6641 Год назад

@@SkaldBard No worries. On a side note; we need a song on Æthelstan! He's far too overlooked and arguably did more for England than even Alfred the Great.

@chrisstucker1813 Год назад

⁠⁠@@rustybayonette6641Alfred was the first King of the Anglo Saxons. The first man to unite the English. His children and grandchildren finished what he started. Without Alfred there is no England…hence why he is the only English king to be called “Great”.

@duckeggcarbonara 4 месяца назад

St. Harold Godwinson, the holy and right-believing King of England, pray unto God for us.

@Woden-96 Месяц назад

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✊🏻

@AtheAetheling Год назад

Bloody fantastic. You even mentioned the six feet of earth quote. This man was our Braveheart.

@TervelKamenovElohim Год назад

Six feet of English Soil

@SkaldBard Год назад

Glad you clocked the quote! Thanks a lot for the kind words - and yes, he really was

@legendofmirr 11 месяцев назад

@TervelKamenovElohim The soil a slave became free the moment he stepped foot on after 1086, i guess william coming had its advantages. Certainly for the young men that got their freedom from their american masters upon entering england once the law had been echoed and amplified in parliament. English law did not allow slavery. What followed was campagining of good english men fighting until britain abolished slavery. For the WORLD.

@BegoneJonah 11 часов назад

@@legendofmirr I used to be a Civil War reenactor. In blue. No man a slave.

@dean828 4 месяца назад

Harold Godwinson... the last Anglo Saxon King of England... elected unanimously by the Earls... betrayed by his own brother... He rode out to fight two vast armies of Invaders... He defeated the Danes & Norse alliance... He rode out in front to fight against the Normans... and there he met his fate as a warrior King... God Almighty gives his spirit eternal rest and honor. 👑 🛡️ 🗡️ 🇬🇧 ✝️

@uberfeel 3 месяца назад

In some celtic orthodox churches in England he is viewed as a martyr saint

@chrisstucker1813 3 месяца назад

He was the rightful KING

@Angle-saxon-94 3 месяца назад

⁠@@chrisstucker1813that bloody right he wæs the true and rightful king of Ænglaland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@georgethakur Год назад

Never before listened to a song that felt like taking a whole journey on my own. Good rest and defence before God to all those who fell on every side.

@saadiftikhar3317 8 месяцев назад

You didn't just make me cry for a deceased English king

@KnightOMurk 7 месяцев назад

😔

@Woden-96 3 месяца назад

Wiredo 🤦🏻

@Wbender98 Год назад

You are a very good song writer and i listen to your songs daily. This is another epic masterpiece. Never stop doing what you do🙂

@russby3554 Месяц назад

Truly, exploring the evolution of language is fascinating. I had an 8th grade teacher unlock the magic of it in my mind. And channels like this open my eyes to the glories of an oft overlooked history.

@Chevalierjacquesarthur 4 месяца назад

Hard men from a harsh land who lived in the hardest of times and yet in the sight of this they fought on foot man to man until the very last even when their King was no more

@albanfisher6857 Год назад

By far the best yet great story telling and the melody was awsome, this has been on repeat for a few days now lol love your work can't wait for more

@drtimothydaly Год назад

This one has been in the making all your life, brother. Well done

@SkaldBard Год назад

Right you are, old friend

@merakliBirGezgin 3 месяца назад

As a Turk, I respect Harold Godwinson

@Jorge-n3j 3 месяца назад

Nowadays it seems impossible to dedicate an epic song to an englishman. They can't die at war, they all die at Mallorca jumping drunk from their balconies

@aligedbrick 2 месяца назад

modern brits are pathetic lol

@Woden-96 Месяц назад

There plenty of songs dedicated to us english your just to small minded and uneducated to know of them 🤡🤡🤡

@fjalarhenriksson Месяц назад

why dont Be that man? Become a Hero?

@somedude2608 6 месяцев назад

Listened to this while playing as Harold Godwinson in CK3, obviously i managed to win agaisnt the Normans and the Norwegians

@wilmanuts9954 5 месяцев назад

Did you do it without allying the HRE? Because if you do that it’s kinda cheating imo

@somedude2608 5 месяцев назад

@@wilmanuts9954 Does it count if I did. But I got done with it before their asses showed up?

@wilmanuts9954 5 месяцев назад

@@somedude2608 yeah that’s fine imo. Good job with repelling the Norman invaders. Now you’ve just got those Norwegians and you’re golden

@jamesuk1295 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant song, hats off to you , respect from South East England 💪🏻💪🏻

@CapitanCookies Год назад

This is probably my favorite alongside Jorsalanam, these are works of art. Please keep it going!

@SkaldBard Год назад

That's awesome, thanks for the support

@guntherbgunnerson8989 10 месяцев назад

Harold Godwinson was the last true English king

@Angle-saxon-94 3 месяца назад

But yet we his people our still here and still see him as the true king of England and us English not William the pussy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️⚔️

@tobiasbourne9073 8 месяцев назад

6:33 could make a grown man cry😔

@Yeomannn 5 месяцев назад

Richard III in your profile picture. Well done.

@Robespierre228 Месяц назад

@@Yeomannn He was the last King of England to die in battle.

@bundalengerz 5 месяцев назад

we must relearn our native tounge.

@elwolf8536 5 месяцев назад

Hal wes þu

@hickling12 3 месяца назад

How do we do it? Surely there’s some kind of movement out there

@connorshaw-case6030 3 месяца назад

@@hickling12 you create one and encourage others to join, make clubs and groups centred around relearning the language, offer the option to clubs with kids in attendance or do assemblies at schools. if they learn it while their brains are developing they can learn it faster and remember it longer. then just continue to spread it. make viral videos on the subject ( this song is definitely a good way, doing other famous songs and translating them to old English would be another option ) maybe even make dubs of famous tv or anime lines to show what it would sound like if we spoke in old english

@goulven05 3 месяца назад

@@connorshaw-case6030 Honestly, the thought of having native Old English speakers like in that scenario is amazing

@Robespierre228 2 месяца назад

children's games...

@ACC-tf5wz 5 месяцев назад

7:41 I've just got goosebumps listening to the music. I wish this was taught to all English children.

@jordansblabbering6303 8 месяцев назад

I absolutely love it, it sounds like a story being told... the melody and stuff reminds me of sabaton

@edmeister4031 10 месяцев назад

Godwinson's story is one of those great "What If's" of history. Which is why Alt History thought projects that use Godwin's victory at Hastings as a divergence point are near impossible to map out. Because it's one of those moments in history where so much happened as a result of it. There is so much that happened as a result of William's conquest; The Anarchy, English becoming more Latin-influenced thanks to the Normans bringing French to the country, The Rise of the Angevins, The Hundred Year's War, The War of the Roses, etc.

@RBS.23 7 месяцев назад

History is change.

@williswameyo5737 2 месяца назад

Old English in its glory🎉🎉🎉

@jamesbatesibusquets7617 Год назад

5:00 You can just hear the fighting at Hastings thundering down through the ages. *shudders*

@gabriel_brasil33 Год назад

Another great song. 💪🙏 about the dispute between William and Harald I like them both. Both were brave, fearless and daring rulers. In the end luck went to William. I suppose I think that way because I'm neither english nor french haha 😄

@ScrapironRyann 10 месяцев назад

sold, I'm in. Liked subbed and impatiently waiting to unite the kingdoms once again

@JasonIreton-u9e 9 месяцев назад

Never forget where we are from. We are faced with an evil and we MUST fight it!

@deadmoney5580 Год назад

badass song mate

@lukacosmos-ri7rs Год назад

Man your beast i learned more from you then my history teacher keep doing like that man your best

@paterliber 10 месяцев назад

I too have felt the same way as you so much so that I have studied Old English, had a spell doing Anglo-Saxon heathenry, and done several battle re-enactments of Hastings over the years at Battle Abbey . Alfgar .

@Hardrada88 2 месяца назад

A fascinating history here for sure, do love our culture its ancient, strong and proud with a huge family throughout northern europe. I'm lucky to be able to trace my lineage to the roughly the same location in England where I was born, would be horrible to be like one of these new(er) countries who have to beg and steal our history. Harold was the last king but i think the greatest was Æthelwulf, father of the 'Great' king. He did good work in Mercia and Wessex and was a superb leader and greater king. What a saga here :)

@friendlyrobotasmr 2 месяца назад

i love britain's history!

@BegoneJonah 10 часов назад

"...would be horrible to be like one of these new(er) countries who have to beg and steal our history." AHEM. American here, and a Virginian to boot. There is a statue of George Washington in front of the National Gallery in London. Who is stealing whose history? And should we discuss the American underpinnings of the Beatles' music? And the fact that the person once voted as "The Greatest Briton of All Time" - Winston Churchill - was half-American? Respect your cousins, brother.

@Hardrada88 6 часов назад

Absolutely not, not at all, respect is earned. Well to answer your question, the state of Virginia donated the statue and the foundation is set on some soil from Virginia, also donated alongside the statue. During the French-Indian war he served with British forces and was also a member of the Freemasons. The Grand Lodge of England being fairly new at the time. The rest I shan't comment on as I have 0 interest. Far more in love with the roots of our country, before this more modern trait of culture denying and culture claiming arrived.

@jamesbatesibusquets7617 Год назад

Harold Godwinson is one of my favorite historical characters as well! Though sometimes I switched to the Norman side, I honor the valiant Saxons and currently I'm on their side.

@def3ndr887 10 месяцев назад

At first I supported the Normans until I read up on the history of England and found out the Saxons were way cooler.

@sakkra93 5 месяцев назад

May Harold be happy in Wælheall!

@ColinleGueux Год назад

Absolutely love your work, you have a real talent for singing melodies and storytelling

@alexanderlaveau7819 Год назад

I've long been of the opinion that Harold was the better general and should have won. William was just *lucky.*

@ArchMithrillas6976 Год назад

I agree

@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 10 месяцев назад

I think on top of luck, Harold and his mean where also incredibly tired from fighting an era ending battle against the Norse and then marching the entire length of England.

@uberfeel 4 месяца назад

True, he was very much like Constantine XI from the Byzantine empire.

@robinrehlinghaus1944 3 месяца назад

God was not with him

@christianfreedom-seeker934 2 месяца назад

No, most historians agree that William had better tactics and better equipment too. Even if William had to go back to Normandy, he would have been back with a bigger army.

@Leo_Zanza Год назад

Just amazing

@pygmy. Год назад

My King.

@leornendeealdenglisc Год назад

Wel ġesungen. Iċ þīnes drēamcræftes brūce. Well sung. I enjoy your music.

@SkaldBard Год назад

Wes þū hāl! Iċ þē þancas dō

@MonsieurWeevil Год назад

Great song. 1066 ƿas a terrible year... Greetings from a Frisian, ƿe are basically Anglo-Saxons ƿho didn't migrate over to Ænglaland.

@Beorneofmercia449 Год назад

Wæs þu hæl frislander👍

@ЕгорРябенко-к4г 9 месяцев назад

Old English language sounds harsh and powerful 🔥🔥🔥⚔️🇬🇧🦁

@destrovskyj 5 месяцев назад

how did u learn old English?

@Kerem-uw2ov Год назад

Epic! One of the best modern sagas I've ever heard. Just a question: Why Harold Godwinson is spelled as "Harold Godwines sunu" in Old English?

@SkaldBard Год назад

Thank you! And it's spelled like that because it's not a surname, it's a patrilineal descriptor, so it literally means Harold, Son of Godwin (Godwines = Godwin's, sunu = son)

@Kerem-uw2ov Год назад

@@SkaldBard Thank you very much for the explanation, I didn't know about this. I strongly encourage you to create music like this more and more. It is obvious that you've studied the Battle of Hastings before you have made this music. You put so much effort to your work and I believe they are absolutely beautiful.

@ct918 9 месяцев назад

I know German, and a little bit Danish, and it's almost understandable!

@fahimshahriarshuvro4156 13 дней назад

4:01 They lost at the Hastings but their language (Old English) didn't lose the test of time (or we wouldn't be getting people like the Skaldic Bald).

@JohannStadlmann-x7f 9 месяцев назад

As an Austrian speaking German and English I could understand nearly everything

@andymoss2490 4 месяца назад

Better top of the hill with a King than skulking at it's foot with a bastard .God bless all those who faught for us and ours at Senlac .Never ever forgive William the bastard or his mercenary horde for destroying Anglo Saxon England and more personally for the Harrying of the North .

@erichRevived Год назад

Fire! Do a song in Proto-Germanic

@ivandinsmore6217 9 месяцев назад

Please someone revive this language as Manx was revived.

@PortmanRd 9 месяцев назад

My surname comes from a pre-7th century Old English/Germanic personal name. Wulfnoth meaning Wolf Daring or Daring Wolf. Funnily enough its been predominant in the East Anglian region for the same amount of time. Does that make me more an Angle than a Saxon? 🤔

@BegoneJonah 10 часов назад

My first name, Wesley, started out as a surname. ("West meadow.") And then John Wesley and Methodism came along and people started naming sons after him.

@МартинХристофор Год назад

Здравствуйте Уважаемый Друг! Если можно создать песни про Русских-Викингов-Христиан,таких,как Святой Владимир,Святой Ярослав друг Святого Олофа. Про Святого Дмитрия Донского. Он срожался с мусульманским завоеванием Руси. Спасибо!!

@Anglo-Saxon-96 Год назад

Bloody love it Anglo-Saxon till i die 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@legionnaireofdespair8580 Год назад

Could you please do a song about King Stephen? I think it might be interesting to hear a song about him during "The Anarchy" where he fought Empress Maude/Matilda. At the battle of Lincoln in 1141 he fought off the imperials until his sword broke, upon which one of his men handed him a battle axe; he kept fighting until he was struck by a stone and captured by the Empress`s soldiers.

@SkaldBard Год назад

Nice idea mate, thanks

@legionnaireofdespair8580 Год назад

@@SkaldBard You`re welcome, it`s said he fought like a lion and refused to flee choosing to remain fighting with his men.

@adventussaxonum448 10 месяцев назад

I'm on the side of Matilda. Rightful heir, and of the House of Wessex. Stephen was, however, a brave fighter and not particularly cruel or unchivalrous.

@silverwulf6700 2 месяца назад

Excellent. Stirring stuff 💪

@Landonkaka Год назад

as a english speaker, you can kinda understand the lyrics, and its easy to sing, especially when you know the phonetics.

@glebarhangelsky4351 6 месяцев назад

Bard, have you considered doing some Beofulf? Great text.

@JudeCox-v8q 11 дней назад

Nice

@papajapluk3471 6 месяцев назад

A classic

@Beorneofmercia449 11 месяцев назад

on this day THE DAY OF INFAMY, our boys fought and died to defend our lands against the norman orcs

@BegoneJonah 10 часов назад

No, no, no brother... "Day of Infamy" was December 7, 1941.

@TervelKamenovElohim Год назад

Can you reveal address about King 👑 Sigismund 🇻🇦 von Luxembourg 🇱🇺 🇰🇲 🇳🇵 🇾🇹 He is little covered like 🇭🇳 Harold in Old German 💫 🇭🇳 Hau 🦢 High Middle Ages German

@PaulRabinovich-wj7ut 4 месяца назад

Aime well when nocking down the enemy 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I May live thanks 🙏

@moocher7336 14 дней назад

The last Ænglisc Warrior King. The English are on the rise, it's in our Saxon DNA. That ancestor DNA test where Anglo Saxon has to be the highest. I have lived in Hessen Germany for 11 years now. 2 weeks ago i was in West Sussex (Hastings). I travel a lot along the Northsea this side. It needs to be seen by all English Men. From Frissland right the way up to the Danes. 🗡🛡🗡

@belattai9435 Год назад

will you ever do a song about the battle of brunanburh?

@SkaldBard Год назад

Perhaps! I'll make a note of it

@태현권-z4p 10 месяцев назад

Nice job :D. Clearly the old one is more Germanic.

@Bobby4USN 10 месяцев назад

How do you say the Hail Mary in Old English? It’s hard to find a version of it older than Middle English. Just curious if anyone on here knows.

@SkaldBard 10 месяцев назад

Hal wes þu, Maria, mid gyfe gefylled, Drihten mid þe. Þu eart gebletsoð on wifum and gebletsod þines innoðes wæstm, se Hæland. Halige Maria, Godes modor, gebide for us synfullum, nu and on þære tide ures forðsiðes. Amen.

@Bobby4USN 9 месяцев назад

@@SkaldBard thanks man!

@abhayraj6390 Месяц назад

will you do a remake of this song as well?

@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded Год назад

Anglo-saxon Ænglaland > Norman “England”

@BirdsfromHuntingdon Год назад

We should still take pride in our Norman heritage. EDIT: I acknowledge that I'm talking about this on a patriotic Anglo-Saxon video, and I do respect the pride that people have here, but I think my point should be looked at from a historical point of view. Each and every group who conquered lands in Britain left a change on the prior ruling peoples way of life, each groups arrival had both pros and cons. Celtic tribes and their way of life in England was drastically changed forever when the Romans arrived, but that doesn't mean that the Romans didn't also leave a positive impact. I think this can be said for every group of warriors who left their mark on Britain. There is a currently a new threat to England, one that I believe to be much more of an issue than the Normans. One that is slowly turning our towns, culture and values from European to Middle Eastern. Forget the Normans, this is what we should be trying to stop. Cheers.

@KnightOMurk Год назад

Up the white dragon

@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded Год назад

@@BirdsfromHuntingdon take pr*de in nothing - for it is heresy.

@St-lucifer-96 10 месяцев назад

@@BirdsfromHuntingdonwhat norman heritage the Normandy bloodline died out in England when we Anglo Saxon took are country back it's sad that you want to be french fuck that I'm Anglo Saxon all my ancestors are English no Celtic or French ancestors and I thank God for that 😂🤣

@mijanhoque1740 10 месяцев назад

@@BirdsfromHuntingdonlmao what Norman heritage? Only the Nobles had Norman blood whilst rest of the working population were Anglo-Saxons

@saxtonhalegaming Год назад

"Where is Germany?" *Points to Germany* "Where is Brazil?" *Points to Brazil* "Where is Turkey?" *Points to Turkey* "Where is England?" "It is gone." "Where is Harold Godwinson?" *Points to heart*

@PanzertruppenLeopard_1 Год назад

cries in english

@keighlancoe5933 Год назад

England is still here. The Normans conquered us, but they didn't replace us. It took a while, but we eventually convinced them they were English, and in an ironic twist of fate would then spend the next few centuries invading France. I've always wondered if the King of France at the time would have tried to stop William if he could see the future. Anglo-Saxon England largely kept to itself and minded its own business, if it wasn't for the conquest I doubt England and France would have gone to war half as much.

@henrisummers6694 Год назад

This hits pretty hard brother. But Harold died a hero, doing a most kingly duty. His geist is one and the same of the English heart and national soul, when he perished he became one with every anglo saxon.

@Anglo-Saxon-96 Год назад

@@PanzertruppenLeopard_1shut up little wanker seriously if you want to shit talk do it to are face not in the safety of your own country 😂😂😂

@Anglo-Saxon-96 Год назад

@@keighlancoe5933it's go and show how uneducated these two wank stain are in the comments are like we beat France countless time and at one point France was apart of England fact William just got very lucky but like you seid they didn't replace us because we still here and french we'll look at there country nowadays it's a joke 😂😂😂

@stovolbelinche3178 6 месяцев назад

Harold Godwinson the original giga chad “ I will cede you no land but six feet of soil for you will be buried their “ just bloody savage

@AmonGus-hw6sp 4 месяца назад

>Falls to a false rout, the oldest trick in the book

@Meep50004 4 месяца назад

there

@Angelcynn937 4 месяца назад

Yes mate.

@tombusflex460 4 месяца назад

Proceeds to lose

@Stoic_Zoomer 3 месяца назад

@@AmonGus-hw6sp ambush and the raid are the oldest tactics known

@zachbrown2372 Год назад

Anglo-Saxon sounds very rich, and especially when sung. Incredible song as always!

@termanyx Год назад

we used to speak it way bæc þen

@ЕгорРябенко-к4г 9 месяцев назад

It sounds harsh and powerful🔥🔥🔥

@Dryhten1801 Год назад

Priceless Gold. You're doing more to help us connect with our anglo-saxon ancestors than anyone since Tolkein.

@SkaldBard Год назад

Man, this comment is awesome, speechless. Thank you

@Cody-5501 Год назад

@@SkaldBarda lot of other people who do the “this is what ancient languages sound like” make them sound like they aren’t a real language but you make them sound like they are a real language

@Baggerz182 Год назад

repent to God

@Dryhten1801 Год назад

@@Baggerz182 Who said I wasn't a Christian?

@Bakarost Год назад

100

@Latin_Forever276 Месяц назад

ŪT OF ENGLALANDE!

@SerEalla Год назад

As a native Kentishman, I’d love to hear a song about Hengest and Horsa, or even Athelbert, the first Christian English king. You do fantastic work, and I can only look forwards to every new song you bless the world with. Thank you.

@SkaldBard Год назад

Thanks a lot for this, my friend, very nice to hear - I'll make a note of your suggestions, great ideas

@jollyg6365 Год назад

I really hope this happens, especially if it's from the perspective of the Anglo-Saxons. There needs to be more songs of their accomplishments.

@chrisstucker1813 Год назад

Aethelfrith of Bernicia who was known to the Celts as 'the twister', and first ruler of Bernicia and Deira to form the great Kingdom of Northumbria!

@Tom-oj7si 5 месяцев назад

This is really a fantastic idea

@holyromanempireball465 Год назад

king Harold Godwinson. He may have Lost the battle of Hastings. But he did win our Hearts. God bless you Harold Godwinson, King of the Anglo Saxons.

@wulfheort8021 9 месяцев назад

He came very close to winning. At some point the banner of William fell and his men thought he himself had fallen, so they started wavering, but William rode along the lines of his army to show them he was still alive. Also, the left flank of the Norman army broke and routed at some point, but the Saxon warriors disobeyed orders to remain in formation, chased the Normans down and eventually got surrounded by Norman cavalry. From then on it started to go downhill for the Saxons.

@Angle-saxon-94 4 месяца назад

⁠⁠@@wulfheort8021but yet we Anglo Saxon English our still here i hate William I’m pro Harold godwinson because in my eyes he was our true king not William and that a fact but I’m sure Harold godwinson would be proud that we his people invaded France countless time and that a fact

@stephenleighton6349 8 дней назад

It's englo saxons !

@uberfeel Год назад

Man, the old Anglo-Saxon language was truly very beautiful and unique like old norse.

@chrisstucker1813 11 месяцев назад

It’s beautiful. I love how it has heavy Germanic influence with a lot of latin mixed in too.

@Anglisc1682 11 месяцев назад

@@chrisstucker1813What? Old English IS Germanic lol

@chrisstucker1813 11 месяцев назад

@@Anglisc1682 I never said it wasn’t.

@def3ndr887 10 месяцев назад

Then the filthy French Norseman tainted it

@mhd-e9m 10 месяцев назад

@@Anglisc1682the English we speak nowadays is more influenced by Germanic and Norman words while old English was fully Germanic and even the Germans could understand them

@link3378-m4m Год назад

Harold Godwinson the last of the true English kings

@wulfheort8021 9 месяцев назад

Did you know he was half Danish? From his mother's side.

@branexch5067 6 месяцев назад

@@wulfheort8021He was also a descendent of Bjorn Ironside!

@vladimpaler4689 6 месяцев назад

@@wulfheort8021and did you know the English are Germanic as well? they came from Southern Scandinavia.

@Angle-saxon-94 5 месяцев назад

Anglo Saxon blood run through us English like a warm spring and I’m proud of that fact so you muppets need to accept the fact that we pure English are our Anglo Saxon descendants and that our the fact sick of freak of nature like you people in the comments thinking they no more about my kin my ancestors my people you don’t no 💩 and that is a fact 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️⚔️

@Chevalierjacquesarthur 4 месяца назад

It’s funny because the Saxons themselves were conquerors

@strigonshitposting793 8 месяцев назад

Proud to call the Saxons my ancestors. Native English are still here!

@OrangeGoggles1 8 месяцев назад

Technicaly the celtic peoples would be the natives

@wor53lg50 7 месяцев назад

Indeed anglo saxon-celts, the Halstadt and the germanic speaking tribes was all of Keltoi Ancestry....

@lodewijkvandoornik3844 7 месяцев назад

@@wor53lg50 No.

@BGIncorporated 7 месяцев назад

@@OrangeGoggles1I mean the Celts didn't establish England, but yes they was here first

@wor53lg50 7 месяцев назад

@@BGIncorporatedi know im one of them, in fact my surname(white) is one of the oldest to the Anglo spheres! Also in Gaelic or Brythonic which would have been similar, it means Son of a fair haird servent or Ghilli or basically son of a slave a hang up from Roman occupation i suppose , ironic dont you think in todays politically correct atmosphere that the Surname white ment a slave or servent...it also means bold as im fearless meaning it could have been the son of a warrior who was slain and the warriors wife took as a slave/servant with child, which many Roman did use the natives as...

@LAC03098 Год назад

Once again our ears are soothed by this man’s talent. Well done and I love the emphasis on “ŪT”, really gave a sense of fury and what those men lived, fought and died for. May God’s love be with you

@SkaldBard Год назад

Awesome comment, I'm glad it made an impact. God bless you, friend

@Anglisc1682 Год назад

@@SkaldBardIt's bæsed

@Anglisc1682 Год назад

@@SkaldBardbāseþ

@keighlancoe5933 Год назад

That was the Anglo-Saxon battlecry. They would smash their swords and spears against their shields and chant Ūt repeatedly. I've witnessed a good thousand or so Anglo-Saxon re-enactors recreate it, and it is quite intimidating, your hairs stand up and you get goosebumps.

@albanfisher6857 Год назад

Goosebumps every time

@EinDeutscherPatriot620 8 месяцев назад

I, as you know, am a proud German. However, I am a Lower Saxon and the only difference between the Lower Saxons and the Saxons of England is that our ancestors stayed on the continent. William very much destroyed the connection we Saxons had with his introduction of French which replaced and destroyed much of the Old English language. We Saxons, both in England and in Germany, have suffered great defeat at the hands of the French. Great king Harold Gōdwinessunu and King Widukind shall not be forgotten. Proud Saxons, stand tall and resolute! For King Harold and King Widukind! Wi sünd een! Wi schöölt dat nich vergeten! 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@EinDeutscherPatriot620 8 месяцев назад

@TotusTuus-jf7qz I agree with everything you say. I just have a different way of looking at it. I may never be able to fully forgive the French for the 1300 years of war that we've had. Does this put me in a similar situation like the Middle East is facing? Absolutely. It's always easier to hate than to forgive, especially when your people have been at each other's throats for millennia. Look no further than the relationship between Scots and English. The English are responsible for the near eradication of the Scottish culture and language just like the Normans are responsible for the Latinization of English and destroying its ties to the West Germanic culture. Yes, much good came from it but at a terrible cost. For me, a part of me will always blame France for the death of my country and I'll always be angry about that. But I have to remind myself that my own country is guilty of equally and more wretched things than the French and that if I can make peace with that, I can attempt to make peace with French history too. But yes, all men and women should love their country. A Frenchman should be able to say J'aime la France, just as a German should be able to say Ich liebe Deutschland and an Englishman, I love England. We all should take pride and love in our nations and kingdoms while making peace with both our past and the wars we've had with each other. Then and only then can we call each other brothers. Like you say, the conquest of England is woven in your history and to be wounded by it is to favor Ænglaland over England. But Ænglaland is a ghost that is remembered, not revived. Just as Old Saxony is a ghost to be remembered but not revived. Same with the Second Reich and the Kingdom of France. These are ghosts of our past and trying to bring them back, even if it would be better, would be to make more rifts and cause more wars. Eventually, one has to choose between forgiveness or resentment. For now, I'm not ready to forgive but I must always keep an open heart and mind for the sake of Europe

@EinDeutscherPatriot620 8 месяцев назад

@TotusTuus-jf7qz I made a comment coming at him but yeah, I'm just ignoring that bs 😂

@Seagull780 8 месяцев назад

While it makes sense for Dutch Lower Saxons to complain about the franks or french, I feel like in Germany you should be more pissed off at other Germans, particularly those of the second and third empires with their ridiculous need to force everyone to speak a single variant of high German resulting in barely any Low Saxons being able to speak their own dialect.

@EinDeutscherPatriot620 8 месяцев назад

@@Seagull780 I haven't met a single German pissed about speaking High German. My friend's father speaks both Plattdeutsch and Hochdeutsch and she also would have learned it if she didn't move south at an early age. They "forced" us to speak one language for easier communication and because the whole point of the Empire was to promote German unity. You can't really do that if everyone still holds onto regional customs and languages. Now it seems most of us speak our dialects alongside High German.

@alanwoodcock3284 8 месяцев назад

But our blood remains 😊

@ivankraljevic1 9 месяцев назад

"We lighten the burden of enemy horseman". Bro that's just savage

@stevethegrandmarshall9916 Год назад

God bless Harold Godwinson and every Saxon who died for his homeland. My mother's family came here from England, and I'd like to think some distant ancestor of mine fought for Harold. Keep up the great work!

@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 10 месяцев назад

Probably did but the Saxons were brutally oppressed for generations following the Norman conquest and the Northumbrians were near completely genocided.

@St-lucifer-96 10 месяцев назад

@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117we Anglo Saxon English did what we needed to do it's not are fault that the Celtic tribe was weak compare to us English they should of fighted harder then shouldn't they so don't bother trying to make us English feel bad because we don't not even a little bit that was the way back then so stop with the bs about genocide you bloody freak of nature 😂🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@DredgeVendir 7 месяцев назад

My actual family name were direct tenants of Harold Godwinson. Our history is simply a tale of distancing from the Norman conquerors.

@havefaith4382 6 месяцев назад

proud anglo saxon

@williswameyo5737 2 месяца назад

Honour to Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

@misteradam5793 Год назад

Greetings from Russia. I have been listening to you for a long time, and every release of music in Old English simply captivates my soul. I started my acquaintance with this people, language and music from the band Æelfric. As a result, I fell in love with the aesthetics of this ethnic group. In my view, the Anglo-Saxons are the people of eternal autumn. The gold jewelry of the Vendel era is evidence of this. Bravo to your creativity!

@AtheAetheling Год назад

What a beautiful sentiment.

@fredonline1 Год назад

"People of eternal autumn". Somehow absolutely right

@keighlancoe5933 Год назад

Is it true you study Old English for a while at school in Russia? I read that somewhere.

@ReplyToMeIfUrRetarded Год назад

Glory To God

@Tzimisce777 Год назад

@@keighlancoe5933Never heard about this. As far as I know, Old English is taught at some universities here in Russia. Maybe some schools specialized in English teach it as well.

@gigachadgaming1551 9 месяцев назад

God, I wish that the Anglo saxons won so that old English was preserved and I could have an easier time learning Germanic languages

@BegoneJonah 11 часов назад

Just linguistic? How about Anglo-Saxon law and governance? (Which is essentially what England gifted the world with - how many nations have Parliaments?)

@chrisstucker1813 Год назад

God bless King Godwinson. The man who died fighting to protect English identity

@Angle-saxon-94 3 месяца назад

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️✝️⚔️ Rip Harold Gōdwinessunu the true king of Ænglaland

@Lady_Shrek_of_the_Swamp 2 месяца назад

He was a wretched usurper.

@aliipro2631 Месяц назад

Isn’t the ancient britons the true identity of

@chrisstucker1813 Месяц назад

@@aliipro2631 no, the Anglo Saxons were the original English people. England = Ænglaland = land of the Angles.

@fjalarhenriksson Месяц назад

@@aliipro2631 they were basicly phased out by the romans already they had no culture left when the Saxons came.

@patrioticarchive Год назад

Old England forever!

@BirdsfromHuntingdon 10 месяцев назад

Would love to see some similar stuff to this in your archive.

@Cybran42 2 месяца назад

I'm Russian, and I love it. It sounds so mournful, but it's so beautiful.

@nathanruane9961 Год назад

Love this, Harold is also a hero of mine. Would love a song on king Oswald of Bernicia

@SkaldBard Год назад

Awesome idea! Thanks

@DM_Curtis 10 месяцев назад

I will never forgive William the Bastard.

@lodewijkvandoornik3844 7 месяцев назад

😂

@potatogaming3554 6 месяцев назад

Forgive

@Tom-oj7si 5 месяцев назад

Good

@Emilyb21-dm3bf 3 месяца назад

Lol northerers hated thr Francs cause the men there are still heavy in Anglo dna women too but alot of women were celt Briton or Norwegian settlers

@qqn4531 3 месяца назад

Hello 👋🤗

@ryangiggs418 4 месяца назад

Harald Godwines sunu! God miltsige his sawle! Full support from wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 William learnt a lesson when he messed with the welsh !

@Angle-saxon-94 3 месяца назад

As a proud Anglo Saxon Englishman I respect you welsh for teaching that French muppets a lesson we English see Harold as our true king because he was not William the gutless coward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@AthelstansSuccessor 3 месяца назад

A nice favour returned to the Anglos who fought for you against the picts

@Buydaa.M 2 месяца назад

@@AthelstansSuccessor🎉

@BegoneJonah 11 часов назад

@@Angle-saxon-94 As an American rugby player I salute the Welsh for being so passionate about the game!

@Anglo-Saxon-94 2 месяца назад

Rip Harold godwinssunu the true and rightful king of Ænglaland and us Ænglisc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️✝️✊🏻🙌🏻⚔️

@spaceman607 Месяц назад

The sad thing about 1066 is that the Anglo-Saxons were cornered between two invaders. They won a great victory at Stamford Bridge, but it turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory, as much of their strength was depleted before Hastings. The Bastard had it easy.