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In History Channel's drama series Vikings ("All His Angels"), the poem forms the basis for the final words of Ragnar Lothbrok, played by Travis Fimmel. Stanza 23 is read in old norse in the episode "The Best Laid Plans". French Nordic neofolk group SKÁLD performed extracts of the poem in their song Krákumál, featured in their 2019 album ...
A new Danish translation with the text in Old Norse and a Latin translation came out in 1777–83 (by order of Frederick VI as crown prince). An English translation by Samuel Laing was finally published in 1844, with a second edition in 1889. Starting in the 1960s English-language revisions of Laing appeared, as well as fresh English ...
many a host is harried. – Hollander's translation: On a good day will that king be born who gets such a heart. His lifetime will forever be reckoned as good. Unfettered will on the abode of men the Fenriswolf go, before an equally good on the uninhabited pasture king might come. Cattle die, kinsmen die, land and sea are destroyed. Since ...
The Old Lay of Biarki Translation and commentary by Lee M. Hollander, includes translation of Axel Olrik's reconstruction; Bjarkamál The remnants of the original text, two editions; Gesta Danorum, Liber 2, Caput 7 Saxo's Latin version (starting with "Ocius evigilet") Translation of Saxo's version
—Modern English Translation [15] After this, the man in whale-shape swims around Iceland and each time he reaches a new part he is driven away. First by a large dragon followed by snakes, toads and lizards who blew atter, or poison, at him, then a great bird with many smaller birds, next a large bull followed by landvættir and finally a huge ...
Old Norse: galdr and Old English: ġealdor or galdor are derived from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic *galdraz, meaning a song or incantation. [2] [3] The terms are also related by the removal of an Indo-European-tro suffix to the verbs Old Norse: gala and Old English: galan, both derived from Proto-Germanic *galaną, meaning to sing or cast a spell.
*Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune ᛚ, *laguz meaning "water" or "lake" and *laukaz meaning "leek".In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, it is called lagu "ocean".
Jackson W. Crawford (born August 28, 1985) is an American scholar, translator and poet who specializes in Old Norse.He previously taught at University of Colorado, Boulder (2017-2020), University of California, Berkeley (2014-17) and University of California, Los Angeles (2011–14). [1]