SKÁLD | Fimbulvetr (Lyrics & Translation)

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The lyrics are composed of lines from “Gylfaginning” (stanzas 51 and 18), “Vafþrúðnismál” (only the line “hann er a hverian veg”) and “Völuspá” (stanza 59). The song starts by describing Fimbulwinter, the three-years long winter which will announce the forthcoming of Ragnarök, then it talks about Hræsvelgr, the giant who creates the wind, and finally it finishes with a description of the post-Ragnarök world, in its new golden age.
In Norse mythology, Fimbulwinter is an event yet to come, but as the lyrics were changed to “I remember Fimbulwinter” and “the sun darkening” instead of the original “the sun will darken”, it is possible that the intent was to portray Fimbulwinter and Ragnarök itself as past events, while describing the newly reborn world. Even so, the line “at vetr sá kemr” (“such is the winter to come”) still describes an event to come.

I know a transcription in runes of such a text doesn’t really have any reason to be, if not as a treat, but yeah…that’s just what it is, bear with me.

Any suggestion and/or observation is warmly welcome.

The lyrics are pronounced as modern Icelandic, instead of using Old Norse pronunciation: e.g. they sing “ll” with its Icelandic pronunciation /tl/, instead of a simple /ll/, or “é” as the Icelandic diphthong /je/ instead of the Old Norse /:e/.

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[jaxhayes]

Their music inspires me to write a story like Outlander; a modern person gets magicked to the ancient past and becomes entrenched in the lives around them.

[Kazue]

Thanks for the translation. But who are we talking about when we mention wings?

[cecilyerker]

I wonder if we’re going through Ragnarok right now

[Escanout]

I wonder how the lyrics are connected to the video imagery. Significance of the mock ship burials? Shipwreck?

[ElsannaPL]

I don't know Norse mythology, but it reminds me of how the Five Spirits could attack humanity... Also, a bit funny you uploaded this mid-2020 XD

[NikkoIvyRobin]

Thanks for the video ! I do have a question though...I'm new to runes and Old Norse and I was wondering why (in the title) you used algiz for the final "r" sound and not raidho ? :)

[ClemCuttie]

I'm here, , , because god of war got me into norse mythology lol.

[dyikxtrehkjfs]

Lyric pronontiations Français :

Ek man eftir fimbulveterr
Fa drifnerr
or otloum attum
Frost
Vindarr vassirr
ok mitlili

[aliguneyilmaz]

0:20 arası 1:10 ve 1:36 arası 2:06 & 2:35 - 2:49 yükseliş noktaları. video orijinalinden daha yaratıcı olmuş bence aslı da böyle olmalıydı.

[aegisengels]

Brother, a question: Was Surtr a Jötnar? I was talking to my friend that he was not because he already existed before Ymir's birth, but he keeps saying that, and as there are not many sources in Portuguese (that I know of), I thought that would be better ask to someone wiser.

[wintersking]

The rune for V is the Uruz not the Win, the Win rune is a W. Basically, U and V are the same like in latin.