Ormurin Lange - Folklore - English translation 

Everyone in the hall young and old, rich and poor singing together as one , it’s a timeless scene , all of Europe used to be like this once upon a time

My mother is from Torshavn, she never taught me Faroese or Icelandic or Danish - "We were American". Fewer things would make me happier than to see this chain dance in person. This is culture. This is what must be preserved for the future. This is beautiful.

Thank you for keeping our tradition in the Nordic countries. I'm Norwegian, but I rarely hear this song sung among us. I have to go to the Faroe Islands to hear old songs about Vikings. God bless the Faroe Islands!

It is truly fascinating that the epic of a man who lived a thousand years ago is still known and still sung to the accompaniment of dance. As a history student, I watched this video with both respect and curiosity.

old viking Dance. As a norwegian I love this Dance and song. It is "!inside" me

A comment about the geography: The battle takes place in Øresund. The island mentioned can only be Hven. Hven also known as "sandvoldsøen" - "sand wall island" because of its steep sandy cliffs. Therefore Svold = sandvoldson. Time: year 999 or 1000. Sven Forkbeard (Danish king) and Olof Skotkonung (swedish king) has joined forces to attack Olav Trygvason of Norway. As help they have Erik Ladejarl (Earl of Lade - distrikt i Norway, who has a grudge against Olav Trygvason). Olav Trygvason salls from Venden, where he has gathered auxiliary troops and ships towards Norway trough Øresund. Sven Forkbeard and Olus Skotkonung let him pass Hven and then attacks from behind. This drives the battle northward. The vendish auxiliaries flee to the south leaving Olav Trygvason alone. Olav Trygvason clusters his ships to bring more manpower to the perimeter. As the the battle moves northward towards the narrow strait between what is now Helsingør and Helsingborg the trap closes as Erik Ladejarl lying in hiding north of Helsingør attacks from the north. (Be free to look at maps). The fate of Olav Trygvason is somewhat unclear - most likely he was killed on his flagship Ormen hin Lange.

I was studying for my germanic philology exam and I ended up here...

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Skål færøyske brødre og søstre. ❤️❤️❤️ fra Norge. Spis hval!!!

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Thanks for sharing. It was an old Irish chant that brought me here. I thought it bore a resemblance to old, Norwegian songs. This is an impressive rendering of the Faroese folk ballad (kvæði). It's is quite a lengthy ballad to memorise (only medium long the Faroese would say). In a ballad the "skipari" (leader or skipper) takes the lead and the dancers shuffle their feet as the verses are rhythmically chanted. It's a nice way of sharing a story or a poem. Your English translation isn't bad at all. Maybe in this context the word Hildar/Hildr Thing (þing) could mean "council of war". The Norsemen used to meet at the Thing site, which was the fundamental unit of government and law. The Thing sites were also often the place for public religious rites. These sites were spread all over Scandinavia, Iceland, The Faroe Island and the British Isles. I find it easier to understand written Faroese than Icelandic. Icelandic is more similar to Old Norse.

in the solar eclipse evening and night 10,000 was dansing cain dance in the middle of the capital tórshavn thors harbour

I don't have a clue of this story, nor the lyrics. Tears come to my eyes every time I hear this song.

Teach your children, so that this beautiful tradition survives to the next generation.

It's amazing the power of the voices, I can see the Norvegian Vikings singing this song on the beach, in the night before rowning out to the hard sea!...and raid or even looking for new lands to cultivate...for this you needed courage and fearless mind! With repeating songs you streghtend the vitality of the body! The etheric (the lifebody) was strenghtend! Wonderfull, thank you!

Very proud to see this. so good to see that you honour you ancestors in this way. The blood of the Nordic is still good and living:)

Since you asked for improvements to the translation, "alen" is "ell" in English (from Old English eln), which is also the first element in the word "elbow".

Thanks, ancient Europe, by revealing your most closed secrets.

Beautiful!!! Thanks so much for sharing :-)

Ich liebe die Norweger..

12 years out but the last verse is basically an aside from the ballad, saying that they are to "finish their song for now", "move onto another section" and "keep it in their mind."

4:58 Eirik was a son of Haakon, Eark of Hradir, the actual ruler of Norway but a vassal of Denmark. Haakon was killed by Olaf Trygvason under the support of Danes.

I absolutely love this! Now I wish my family could connect to our heritage this way... How do I bring this to Wisconsin?

All My love and respect to Faeroes Islands, from Argentina.

yes, Ormurin Langi is the same as Ormen Lange(Norwegian).

really nice , wish i was there

Powerful and Beautiful - Just like the vikings

Takk fra Norge

Awesome

Edge to edge means the swoord battle, and, the last part is about the duty of Norway people to spread the word about this

Is Ormen Lange the Norwegian version of the title? I got the opportunity to dance to this fine song and supposedly the people on Faeroe Islands call it Ormurin Langi.

Brilliant! sounds great!

"Kempum munnu vit møta" = "Giants we may meet"? I'd rather suggest "Heroes we shall meet"; "tí blóðug verður gøta" ... I'd suggest "because bloody will be [the] way/road". ... But that's based on Icelandic understanding of the words, and there sure are som differences between Faeroese and Icelandic :)

Någon gång ska jag flytta till Färöarna.

This dance goes back to the Lyran Constellation over a million years ago :: perfectly INTACT.

I see you had some ??? at the 9th verse kongurin so til orða tekur baði viå gleði og gamni *translation* king then speaks both happy and pride

This dance goes back a million years to the Lyran Constellation. It's gob-smacking to me, that it's still intact. Wow. What this means is, DNA is everything.

So Cool!

Oh come on! Hildarting was a meeting between states. Not "battle" as transalted here. It was between kings and whatnots to preserve status quo. It was a meeting in Island where our king with his meager 11 ships were ambushed by 70 ships from surroiunfing kingdoms. English. Swedes. Danes. And, yes, Trondheims. I've been there. It's an awesome place.

for Ranrike

This video is from 2012; there is one from 2014. Any more recent?

As a swede, the best we got is "Allsång på Skansen" :( I mean it's cool that old songs are used in a modern show aimed for mostly younger people, but this is why swedes dont think they have a culture. Radical socialism took it.

I have a doubt: Ormurin Lange are somehow related to jordmungandr?

An alen is the length from your wrist to elbow

hetta er gott!

Not clear why the women are dancing along.

meanwhile in the boys bathroom:

Impressive, very beautiful, but I see no young people in this video, most of them are very old. Have the young men forgot to honor their ancestors and be proud of their heritage and traditions?

You do this otherwise very good video no justice by adding your own juvenile commentaries and interpretations.

I honestly wonder if these dances grew out of need to stay in good health during the winter thing?

Okay, so I've tried translating the last verse (the fact that it's subtitled in the video makes it possible), and it seems to have nothing to do with Christians. VERY rough translation (correct me if I'm wrong): Now I shall end my song I no longer want to sing now I shall do something else and try to better remember (??)

Wow awesome dance. I want to join that! Do only men dance this?

Langi*

Great many times Grandpa Olaf did kill a great many folks, no denying that.

Sound is beautiful, subtitles are absolute dreck.

Eirik Jarl was one of my forefathers...

This translation is terrible.