Herr Mannelig in Old Norse | The Skaldic Bard

Here's my translation of Herr Mannelig in Old Norse. Vocals primarily by my wife and some by me later in the song, and music by me. Herr Mannelig likely needs no introduction for most, but for the uninitiated, it's a very popular Swedish folk ballad about a Christian man resisting the advances of a pagan troll. I have added the original Swedish text at the top and the English translation of my Old Norse translation. I've attempted to keep the meaning and the rhyming scheme of the Swedish, which means it's not always an exact translation of the original in Old Norse. The lovely art is by ZhdaNN. I hope you enjoy! Lyrics in the description. If you'd like to support my work, you can do so here: www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard/c/8570904?uid=… Thank you all as always for the support!

The worst he can say is "no" Meanwhile his answer:

This performance deserves 12 fresh horses, 12 silver-coated mills, gilded sword of fifteen golden rings and a silk shirt.

The sound of Old Norse never fails to imbue a song with a heavy, mystic solemnity.

Damn, those trilled "r"-s hit hard.

"Babe, wake up, The Skaldic Bard has dropped another banger."

"Hey, did you hear about it? The Skaldic Bard is here! He shall perform on stage! Hurry up! You do not want to miss it!" - Friendly person from the Old Camp

Your wife was the star of this song! She played it well and nailed the performance!

Its absolutely crazy that I as a modern swede and native speaker of modern swedish actually understood much of this, yet have I never studied this language of my ancestors.

Amazing instrumentation and translation as always, and please, give my compliments to your wife, what an amazing vocal performance! Exceptionally clean and precise.

It's a rare thing to be so early. I'll use this to mention that your music inspires me in my writing and I'm grateful for that.

This is magnificent! What a beautiful language Old Norse is! Since Old Norse is the root language of Swedish there are so many word similarities. It is amazing.

Finally your wife gets the spotlight! Lovely voice and harmonizing thrown in there. Wonderful rendering of this Nordic classic into Old Icelandic, and awesome vocals, instrumentation and arrangement from your end, as always.

My shitty day just became wonderful with this banger! Thank you!

Came for the "R"

I have heard many variations of this magnificent and emotional song, this one is definitely one of my favourites.

I just love how the linguists beautifully adapt the latin alphabet to write old germanic languages.

Your wife has a beautiful voice 👍

As someone who loves old English and Mittelhochdeutsch, I’ve just stumbled upon this song and channel and I’m quite enthralled!

أرجوك استمر لا تقطع الشغف انا أستمتع بهذا الفن والأصوات الملائكيه . الف تحيه لك وللفريق ❤