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WTF, I have listened to several versions of this song, and didn't know the story until now. Jesus, that is dark for a lullaby.

It is in the show "fjalla Eiríkur" and is sung right before Halla throws her kid into a waterfall

How is someone a third anything? Where were you born and whats your name? I'm Þorsteinn Ragnar Guðmundsson. I was born in Seyðisfjörður but raised in Hafnarfjörður.

@@TheMilkMan8008 lærðu stærðfræði áður en þú tjáir þig, það er líka öllum sama um hvað þú heitir og hvar þú fæddist. Það er hægt að vera ≈ 1/3 íslenskur með því að fara aftur 3 eða 4 ættliði.

​@@svavars.kjartansson1012nei, vegna þess að allir hafa 2 foreldra þá er númerið af ættingjum sama hversu langt maður fer aftur veldi af tvemur, og þar með ódeilanlegt með 3, það er hinsvegar hægt ef um sifjaspell er að ræða

@@vikingursigurdsson taktu eftir því að ég notaði ≈ en ekki =. 4 ættliðir => 16 langa langömmur/afar 5/16 = 0,3125 ≈1/3 Ef þú ferð nokkra ættliði aftar þá er nánast hægt að kalla það 1/3 án þess að þurfa að útskýra neitt nánar.

RandomStuffGuy Ge Well it’s not. It is just used in a christmas-calender/advent tv-show.

Ring around the rosie is pretty creepy if you know the story behind it...

@@broseidonrulerofthebrocean8128 london bridge is falling down. humpty dumpty had a great fall.

Rockabye baby is scary enough-not this level scary but still…

I mean, many stories and lullabys were written to scare children into obedience! I think that many of the overly scary English ones have likely been lost over time due to leading an easier lifestyle earlier in creation than places like Iceland lol Like although Iceland does not have a very high crime rate it's still a fairly dangerous country just for its land. The glaciers, the volcanos, high rocky cliffs, swift deep waters, hot springs, geysers, underground rivers that you can fall through the earth into.. ALL KINDS of great landmarks to kill yourself on accidentally 👍. And I guess parents had to scare their children away from these things somehow lol! Not to mention that they lived much more ruggedly for much later in earth's life cycle because of how far it was to anywhere other than Greenland

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Very similar to Old Norse. Pretty much just small changes and some differences in grammar and syntax

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Hah, screw Denmark-Dr juerdo titsgo

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Fyhis just fyhis!!!! Maiden and Virgin have very similar meanings. In English, maiden means a young girl that is not yet married, which strongly implies she is still a virgin. I guess it is not as explicit as virgin, but it sounds better as maiden.

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In this case "jomfru" is unambiguously to be translated as maiden, and not virgin, since the rest of the sentence clearly defines there is no sexuality content.

Mermaid would be "Havfrue" not jomfru, jomfru means virgin or maiden.

Levo GAMES I do not speak Danish, but I am aware of some of the weird things they do with their spelling. Correct me if I am wrong, but I am assuming you are talking about the 'y', right? The truth is, the Danish actually have the closest pronounciation to the original Latin letter. The letter Y is basically a U with a tail under it to indicate a change in pronounciation, like J is with the letter I (but J was made much later). In other words, Y was designed to make a 'ü' sound- but other languages changed it to fit their phonology. I do not know for sure why the Danish still use this archaic pronounciation for Y, but that is where it comes from.

I'm more puzzled about the difference in the written "d" at the end of a word, which is pronounced "-l" or "-il". You can see that very well in the first line of the song. "En junker red ved juletid" which is pronounced: "en jonker rel vel juletil" It absolutely doesn't make sense. And I'm so curious as to what caused the change. Because if we compare Danish to the other Germanic languages, we can clearly see the similarities in writing. "-tid" (in Juletid) means "time". Which is "tijd" in Dutch and probably something similar in Norsk/Swedish. But only Danish pronounces it "til".

Levo GAMES the d is never pronounced as -l or -il, it is however a soft d, in danish most d's that is not the first letter of the word is a soft d. Pronounce it like you would say "th" in english just even softer. It is however a common mistake for foreigners to pronounce it like l's but it sounds horribly wrong, and often you will completely change the meaning of your sentence as you'll be saying a very different word. Better to go with a too hard "th" sound.

I know, right? It did not make sense to me why South Park used it to make fun of the danish initially. But (spoilers) the Trolltrace programs and all the events leading up to it fit the bill for this song. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, man. I appreciate it.

Jomfru means virgin and mermaid, I think the song will make more sense if it was virgin

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For that reason, most light coloured captions have dark or black outlines, so that they stand out, no matter if the background is light or dark.

Hi, sorry I could not get to you for a bit. Was a bit busy. But your feedback is appreciated and noted. I will use a different color next time.