My Mother Told Me (In Old Norse)

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  • @ColmRMcGuinness
    @ColmRMcGuinness  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1080

    UPDATE: This track is now on spotify and all other streaming platforms!
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    Thanks again for watching, Colmpany!
    1) Leave your suggestions below
    2) Yes this WILL be coming up on spotify. Will tweet out when it's up!
    3) I have all my previous covers coming out in an album tomorrow!
    4) Stay VERY handsome!

    • @thecourier3152
      @thecourier3152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I can't wait until you post this as a loop able song you devilishly handsome bastard I love your videos btw I called you a bastard because I couldn't think of any other word or name I meant it as compliment just to clarify things for anybody

    • @cleanixx5343
      @cleanixx5343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh my god! Amazing timing coming up just before all my exams are on Thank You So Much Mate!

    • @LarboardAnimations9660
      @LarboardAnimations9660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Suggestion(s) The Lark in the Morning or Seven Drunken Night's.

    • @impishDullahan
      @impishDullahan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I threw this suggestion out once before: Be Prepared. The bass clones can do no wrong.

    • @ColmRMcGuinness
      @ColmRMcGuinness  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@LarboardAnimations9660 Minus the last two verses haha!

  • @HaiyeeeTrololol
    @HaiyeeeTrololol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3968

    Saxon Monk: What is that strange singing coming from the Sea?
    The Sea:

    • @Bill_Falsename
      @Bill_Falsename 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Byzantines: Puts out now hiring sign

    • @mrdrebin123
      @mrdrebin123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      The first instance of "Why do I hear boss music?"

    • @baggerz4448
      @baggerz4448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Repent

    • @TedKozma
      @TedKozma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Kyivans: we just were looking for a duke for upper management here. Those Khazars are pain in the ass. We'll take your whole team.

    • @paweles5329
      @paweles5329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Actually... legendary creator of this poem was Egill Skalla-Grimson who serve under Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan

  • @Quadraxis
    @Quadraxis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3100

    As a Norwegian, I am so happy you sang this in Old Norse and I wanna say your accent is incredibly good.
    On that note, make no mistake; modern Scandinavian languages are veeeeery different from the ancient tongues (closest would be Icelandic) and no one really speaks it anymore, but as our culture and heritage we hold very dear and I am very appreciative that it is being picked up and presented today, as I'm sure many others here are.

    • @GetDougDimmadomed
      @GetDougDimmadomed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      If I ever have the time, one of my dreams is to learn fluent old Norse. I have Danish blood in me and want to learn more about it, yet things like Ancestry and 23&me are incredibly inaccurate.

    • @WielkaNinja
      @WielkaNinja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      as an norwegian... same.

    • @sarahbailey6723
      @sarahbailey6723 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I looked at these replies hoping to find an Icelandic person proudly concurring.
      While what I sought was absent, I’m still happy to have clicked.

    • @Xcm-yg1vv
      @Xcm-yg1vv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ja den här versionen väcker nåt i en som skandinavier haha

    • @danielvanmiddeldijk5711
      @danielvanmiddeldijk5711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Xcm-yg1vv
      Zelfs als Nederlander geeft het oude Noors een uniek gevoel van kracht. De oude Germaanse talen hebben gewoon een kranige charme als geen andere taal, vooral de Scandinavische.

  • @Bulkvannderhuge
    @Bulkvannderhuge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4272

    Phases of watching this video:
    1. Wow this dude's voice is way deeper than I thought it would be.
    2. Wow this sounds way more badass in old norse.
    3. Wow his speaking voice is way different than his singing voice.
    4. I need more of this in my life.
    5. (Clicks subscribe)

    • @johnsatyr
      @johnsatyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      true...
      😁

    • @simonqwadjke-t5g
      @simonqwadjke-t5g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes... MORE!"

    • @dirkbsilver9260
      @dirkbsilver9260 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The meadhall rings with this the night before the slipping ors and sailing to glory or death. Brilliantly done.

    • @dorego3658
      @dorego3658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He may be using the subvocal technique similar in mongolian music

    • @davispeterson1876
      @davispeterson1876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@dorego3658 throat singing ftw

  • @lupinsredjacket3191
    @lupinsredjacket3191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    My cat listened to this, now she's pulling Freyja's chariot.

    • @user-pv3vu7ny3u
      @user-pv3vu7ny3u 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In Norse it is is Freya not Freyja

  • @kylee5560
    @kylee5560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8647

    The English version is magnificent, but this Old Norse version is so hauntingly beautiful. Transported me a thousand years in the past.

    • @Space_Drifter0621
      @Space_Drifter0621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      The seas speak viking!!!!! I heard them

    • @NamelessKing1597
      @NamelessKing1597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@Space_Drifter0621 only the ones that run cold and dark, warmer waters speak Polynesian.

    • @RainMan52
      @RainMan52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      were you anglo saxon or norse?
      Asking for a ghost

    • @Space_Drifter0621
      @Space_Drifter0621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@RainMan52 The first

    • @RainMan52
      @RainMan52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Space_Drifter0621 then your ancestors didn't live long after hearing that

  • @kylelindberg7771
    @kylelindberg7771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7686

    I honestly was NOT expecting his voice to be that deep

  • @rfear
    @rfear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2434

    The Lyrics in case anyone was wondering:
    Þat mælti mín móðir,
    at mér skyldi kaupa
    fley ok fagrar árar,
    fara á brott með víkingum,
    standa upp í stafni,
    stýra dýrum knerri,
    halda svá til hafnar
    hǫggva mann ok annan,
    hǫggva mann ok annan.

    • @joseenriquesanchezreche6393
      @joseenriquesanchezreche6393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I love You!

    • @theesper7404
      @theesper7404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Wish I could roll my letters. I'd try to learn the language if I could lol

    • @inkylynx2777
      @inkylynx2777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@theesper7404 Learning ð and þ is pretty easy tho since English already has those sounds. ð is the sound heard in "that", "feather", and "clothe", while þ is the sound heard in "thistle", "thunder", and "width".

    • @theesper7404
      @theesper7404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@inkylynx2777 I could probably handle that much lol. But when it comes to rolling letter off the tongue like Rs I won't be able to do it at all.

    • @markinglese3874
      @markinglese3874 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much. Awesome

  • @KS-sl4ji
    @KS-sl4ji 2 ปีที่แล้ว +785

    If your voice was any more deeper, it would strike oil. If your voice was any more eloquent, it would shower diamonds and battle axes. Keep up the amazing work!!!

    • @leonsixt2744
      @leonsixt2744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He would create a black hole

    • @killuazoldyck7442
      @killuazoldyck7442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@leonsixt2744 if it were both deeper and more eloquent he definitely would

    • @TheRealSkeletor
      @TheRealSkeletor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He'd discover a balrog.

    • @jackala2783
      @jackala2783 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@TheRealSkeletor And charm the balrog with his singing.

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's pitch shifted

  • @user-zk5uj3wh5h
    @user-zk5uj3wh5h 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4074

    I actually can't believe this exists. A real old Norse cover of my mother told me. FINALLY. Man you are deffinatly the best. Keep up the amazing work.

    • @TheScarletKing1476
      @TheScarletKing1476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Grim frost also did a old Norse cover of it, it also sounds super good like this cover

    • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
      @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@TheScarletKing1476 Hinderfjall was the group on Grimfrost Records that did this cover in Old Norse. They even got Peter Franzen (King Harald Fairhair from History's "Vikings" tv show) to provide guest vocals like he did on the show. It's amazing! th-cam.com/video/8aveUs1o6e4/w-d-xo.html

    • @TheScarletKing1476
      @TheScarletKing1476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@HroduuulfSonOfHrodger I KNEW I HEARD SOMEONE I KNEW I DIDNT KNOW FROM WHERE THO THATS SO FREAKING COOL

    • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
      @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@TheScarletKing1476 Yeah, I think it's the best version out there to date. Do you listen to Hinderfjall's other songs? They are all great. Also, I hope you know of Wardruna, Heilung, Danheim, Runfell, and many other groups who are also doing these styles of traditional Norse/Germanic Heathen songs.

    • @tomms5519
      @tomms5519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Definitely

  • @tristan9648
    @tristan9648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4267

    Imagine Saxons hearing this through the fog as it slowly grows louder.
    Sorry I don’t mean anything bad by this or meant to imply saxons are weak in some way. I basically just meant imagine some random farmer from the area/time period hearing it

    • @kokofan50
      @kokofan50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      I think you mean Anglo-Saxons. Although, raid into Germany weren’t unheard of by any means.

    • @tristan9648
      @tristan9648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@kokofan50 yeah

    • @DoomSlayerE
      @DoomSlayerE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😳

    • @youdeservethis
      @youdeservethis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      As a lady, my knees would immediately melt.

    • @zynosgd9982
      @zynosgd9982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      "Do you reckon they will spare us if we surrender? No? Yeah... I thought so too..."

  • @tristanmisja
    @tristanmisja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Bro be hitting those low notes perfectly. If you ever find yourself back in time in a Norse settlement, please start a band and travel the lands singing.

  • @thesouthfacee
    @thesouthfacee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    You can tell he was immersed,dude had killer eyes while singing death itself.

  • @ColmRMcGuinness
    @ColmRMcGuinness  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4433

    LYRICS:
    Þat mælti mín móðir,
    at mér skyldi kaupa
    fley ok fagrar árar,
    fara á brott með víkingum,
    standa upp í stafni,
    stýra dýrum knerri,
    halda svá til hafnar
    hǫggva mann ok annan,
    hǫggva mann ok annan.

    • @elmo980
      @elmo980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +374

      I understand this. Yes.

    • @zippyman818
      @zippyman818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Compare Colm's cover to King Harald & Halfdan from S10 E5 of VIKINGS here: th-cam.com/video/FFv5bfTXGfI/w-d-xo.html

    • @laurenchroman2388
      @laurenchroman2388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      That's awesome! Thank you posting the lyrics! I've got folks in the SCA I'm definitely going to share this with.

    • @fionasabre
      @fionasabre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Þél höggr stórt fyr stáli
      stafnkvígs á veg jafnan
      út með éla meitli
      andærr jötunn vandar,
      en svalbúinn selju
      sverfr eirar vanr þeiri
      Gestils ölpt með gustum
      gandr of stál fyr brandi

    • @demnix6210
      @demnix6210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      hhaha, i turned on the Auto Closed caption, they were a little off. ;P
      was:
      [music]
      [Applause]
      ...Oh
      ...Steer up
      ...or
      ...forgein
      [applause]

  • @smuu1996
    @smuu1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3450

    These moments, when you think he did almost everything cool he could do, and then something like THIS just appears...

    • @lightningcasino9761
      @lightningcasino9761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes I know what you mean. Soo good

    • @cassiebanks
      @cassiebanks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I've been so conditioned by Colm's videos, every time I see the white jumper I expect a sea shanty. LOL! Even worse, I'm now calling them jumpers and I'm from America. LOL! I love this song. Colm, you advertise merch like a PRO! You're giving Phil DeFranco a run for his money in that department. =)

    • @spacecadet0
      @spacecadet0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cassiebanks I'm sorry but you do a disservice by comparing this to that.

    • @Varaksis
      @Varaksis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know what you mean...
      Isn’t this the case with many things?

    • @G1ng3rG4m1ng
      @G1ng3rG4m1ng 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      💯

  • @creepyeevee2870
    @creepyeevee2870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    As someone who is fascinated by the old Nordic this is absolutely amazing and it really is hauntingly beautiful just imagine an entire hall of vikings chanting this in unison

    • @enoughofyourkoicarp
      @enoughofyourkoicarp ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If I heard hundreds of voices singing this across the ocean I'd suddenly decide to move inland... on a different continent... on a different planet...

    • @gourdguru
      @gourdguru ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@enoughofyourkoicarp funniest thing about that is... THIS IS BASICALLY A LULLABY. it's originally a poem written by a berserker about how his mother was proud of him after he murdered another boy of 11 years old at age 6 and knew he was gonna be a great warrior when he grew up. she wasn't wrong either, he's one of only a select handful of berserkers listed by name in the sagas, most of the others are his relatives, and one of the only ones we have an extensive account of.
      some of egil's other highlights:
      won a duel by chewing through a man's neck with his teeth.
      became a hated enemy of Eric Bloodaxe after killing one of his retainers and later his son, is outlawed and flees to iceland, earns a pardon for the murders with a poem.
      can't remember if it was him or his father, but one of them was invited to dine with a jarl/king, and made ugly faces at him until the king literally bribed him to stop.

    • @enoughofyourkoicarp
      @enoughofyourkoicarp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gourdguru I vaguely remember someone told me he wrote it at age 3 which I thought was a bit strange, I guess six makes a bit more sense.

  • @frederickiiprussia7699
    @frederickiiprussia7699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    In all honesty, old Germanic Languages (Old English, Norse, and German) have such a uniquely ancient appeal to them and this is just one example

    • @walnzell9328
      @walnzell9328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      English used to be this way.
      Then everything changed the French Normans attacked.

    • @KeiraA333
      @KeiraA333 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Now if I could get some legit fluent Irish Gaelic I'd be SO HAPPY

    • @djohnsones2501
      @djohnsones2501 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@walnzell9328 French ruined English :(

    • @henryetha
      @henryetha ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always wondered how German would sound for non-native speakers. Maybe this is getting me an idea of it - and it's amazing.

    • @Atlaspower78
      @Atlaspower78 ปีที่แล้ว

      @WALN Zell Danish changed the English language

  • @lacey9896
    @lacey9896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1617

    There's just something about hearing a song in the language it's meant to be sung in that makes it really come to life.

    • @rockahollic7691
      @rockahollic7691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Especially if it's died our, or rather no one speaks it casually, such as old nordic, a language that someday I want to learn

    • @sigururkvaran1983
      @sigururkvaran1983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@rockahollic7691 died out? It's basically icelandic.

    • @matildas3177
      @matildas3177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@sigururkvaran1983 and yet, old norse is a dead language. There is no-one today that's a native speaker of old norse, therefore it's a dead language. Just like latin.

    • @skelitonking117
      @skelitonking117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@sigururkvaran1983 it evolved into Icelandic/Germanic, just as Latin evolved into Spanish/French/English. It's a Root language; and, just like Ancient Greek, and Ancient Egyptian, it no longer has any native speakers. You can certainly learn these languages, but there are no communities that actively speak these languages natively.

    • @Swim_twins
      @Swim_twins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true
      I love this song

  • @turbostixxx
    @turbostixxx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1130

    I learned this song in Old Norse and English. It’s my daughters favorite lullaby. Skål!

    • @sasha.t3737
      @sasha.t3737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Really that's cool!! Are you Norse?

    • @leahg3926
      @leahg3926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I didn't know old Norse is a thing. Such an education I'm getting here. 😂💕

    • @exaltedalpha2610
      @exaltedalpha2610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Skål 🍻

    • @maggiem6209
      @maggiem6209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's got to be the most adorable comment on this thread. Skål!

    • @christianlewis2008
      @christianlewis2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@maggiem6209 Well, until you learn that the last few lines of the poem are " sail into a harbor, kill one man after another."

  • @samurai_mr88
    @samurai_mr88 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a Slav I really like to listen to this for hours, our old pagans ancestors fought each other, but we were all great warriors, great respect for the Vikings. Be proud of your heritage.

  • @SugaryStarzie
    @SugaryStarzie ปีที่แล้ว +63

    While modern Scandinavian languages are very different, Icelandic is still very similar to Old Norse in many ways, so it's fun to see how much I can understand without translation (I speak Icelandic)
    I always said ancient languages sound so badass and this song confirms, this song was amazing

    • @mustaav96
      @mustaav96 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i like how Scandinavian last names still related to the old gods. like your name which is translated to daughter of freyja the vanir god

    • @HYDROCARBON_XD
      @HYDROCARBON_XD ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mustaav96hat applies also to german and Dutch Woensdag:woden (odin) day Donderdag:Thunor (thor) day
      Vrijdag: Freyja day
      Forseti-Voorzitter,meaning: president in dutch

    • @sarco64
      @sarco64 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HYDROCARBON_XD And also English -- Sun, Moon, Tiu/Tiw/Tyr, Wodan/Odin, Thor, Freya,

    • @HYDROCARBON_XD
      @HYDROCARBON_XD ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sarco64yeah,but it has been influenced by French a lot

    • @VidarSaeberg
      @VidarSaeberg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Icelandic today it would be like:
      Það mælti mín móðir,
      að mér skyldi kaupa
      fley og fagrar árar,
      fara á brott með víkingum,
      standa upp í stafni,
      stýra dýrum knerri,
      halda svo til hafnar
      höggva mann og annan,
      höggva mann og annan.

  • @carmelr5504
    @carmelr5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    My historical linguistic heart is SCREAMING
    I learnt a lil old norse in my degree and it's so hard but sooooo cool! Much love!

    • @leahg3926
      @leahg3926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So what do you do with that degree? I am linguistic-curious! Tell me everything! 😂💕

    • @carmelr5504
      @carmelr5504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@leahg3926 So my degree was English language though it had a lot of linguistics in it, including modules on Old English (which is like a completely different language and I found so fun to study) and our lecturer ran a short summer course on old Norse just for fun, so it didn't necessarily go towards anything for me but was so interesting to study. If you specialise in historical linguistics there's work you can go into in archiving, museum studies and translation kind of things (though I went and did a master's in forensic linguistics instead, which I'm just finishing). Hope that helps haha, linguistics is always such an under-talked about subject even when it cover so much, every aspect is just fascinating! ❤️

    • @alimanski7941
      @alimanski7941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@leahg3926 I have a B.A in Linguistics (theoretical, with a focus on generative linguistics), and I'm studying for an M.Sc in Computer Science (focus on natural language processing) and the one thing I tell people who are linguistically-curious is that there is so much more to linguistics than just etymology and phonology - which is really exciting! It's probably the only discipline in which you can combine an understanding in philosophy and formal logic, sociology and anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, mathematics and statistics, history, and computer science. It's great stuff. And as for what you can do with it - well, personally I aim to go into academic computational linguistics, but work in any of the above fields is available, if you find a good program.

    • @akekestory493
      @akekestory493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same im more a linguistic hobbiest some day by God's wills I hope to speak English Chinese (cantonese,mandarin and lung du) Japanese, old English and Somali

    • @thedumbdog1964
      @thedumbdog1964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shwa

  • @TheMilkMan8008
    @TheMilkMan8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2637

    This was a poem written in Egils Saga from Íslendingasögur or Sagas of Icelanders. Egils Saga tails the life of members in Egil Skallagrímsson clan. From Egils grandfather to his children. He was a war age poet and a farmer with suposed mystical powers. The Íslendingasögur is also known as the Family Sagas. Mostly historical events retold by different families around the Saga Age in early Iceland, the ninth to early eleventh century. According to his Saga, the poem was suposedly written after his first murder at a very young age. The shows and games that use it now greatly alter the original poem in the Saga. I have the saga with me as I directly quote what is the most commonly accepted translation of the poem:
    My mother wants a price paid
    To purchase my proud-oared ship;
    Standing high in the stern
    I'll soar for plunder,
    The stout viking stearsman
    Of this shining vessel:
    Then home to harbour
    After hewing down a man or two
    Translation slightly alters it, but not in any meaningful way. Egils Saga is very interesting as a whole. One of my favorite Sagas personally. The story goes that when he was six he and the boy Grim who was 11, were playing ball. Grim is winning, Egil is mad and hits him. Grim then wrestles him to the ground. Egil is not happy with this so he goes home, seeks his friend and the two get axes. Egil cuts Grims head through the brain down to the teeth. This causes the adults of the two houses to fight and seven more men to die. His father is disappointed for causing so much suffering and death for nothing. His mom is proud however and tells him she thinks its a sign he will be a great viking and people should get him fighting ships. He writes the poem after his mother tells him this. And as a side note, here are two other translations that are not as accepted today.
    The contemporary English translation is roughly: "Mother told me they ought to buy me a ship and good oars. I ought to go with Vikings, stand up in the ship, steer the good ship, sail into harbor, kill one man after another."
    The most literal translation is(yes, spelling and all): "Thus spake my mother, That for me should they buy a barque and beauteous oars to go forth with Vikings. Stand in the stern, Steer a dear vessel, Hold course for a haven, Hew down many foemen."

    • @j.m.r.8961
      @j.m.r.8961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Thanks for sharing, I really enjoy read about mythology, folklore, and history. I appreciate this.

    • @Swordfish42
      @Swordfish42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      That is what comments on TH-cam are really for.
      I bow to you, for you brought me a gift of knowledge

    • @tylerdamaske2871
      @tylerdamaske2871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I want to read this book

    • @DonnaBarrHerself
      @DonnaBarrHerself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      As a speaker of English and German, when I read your final translation I could hear the words in Norse. 🙏

    • @josiemitchell547
      @josiemitchell547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Definitely one of the absolute bests of the Sagas of the Icelanders.

  • @nurnu349
    @nurnu349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    WOW There's something unfathomably beautiful and comforting in rich masculine voices.
    Awesome music, awesome choirs, awesome song. Thanks!

  • @ladarmoore1342
    @ladarmoore1342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This is amazing.
    To the one's thinking it's auto-tuned, check out "The Hu Band". I think they are from Mongolia and their singing style is called "Throat singing". It's an ancient singing style that is making a comeback.

    • @paulsmith5752
      @paulsmith5752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There are many styles of khoomei - throat singing. He may be using the kargyraa style, which relies on vocal fry, to get the bottom notes. It's similar in technique to the "death metal growl".

    • @ladarmoore1342
      @ladarmoore1342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulsmith5752 Thank you for clarifying. I'm not up on the names of anything; I just know that it's wonderful.

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's not throat singing, he has a low voice, but it's not that low and is pitch shifted.

    • @iizvullok
      @iizvullok ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He has a very dark timbre on his low notes. Many basses can sing in that range in chest, but he has a very unique voice.

    • @checkm8snake
      @checkm8snake ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love The Hu. Saw them I'm concert recently (they were one of the openers for FFDP) Anyhoo, I'm glad throat vocals are making a comeback. I love that sound.

  • @wigligigly3375
    @wigligigly3375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +696

    Pure brilliance. It hasnt even started yet and it already sounds good

    • @memine510
      @memine510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed.

  • @cleanixx5343
    @cleanixx5343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    This has a real bad ass vibe to it… Wouldn’t be surprised if this is going to be at some point used in a trailer ❤️

    • @Tommy1977777
      @Tommy1977777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Language from when the ships were made of wood and the men were made of iron.

    • @NordicBeast98
      @NordicBeast98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      God of War: Ragnarök

    • @cleanixx5343
      @cleanixx5343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NordicBeast98 Precisely!

    • @drsamuelhaydensecretgaming6749
      @drsamuelhaydensecretgaming6749 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NordicBeast98 that would be perfect

    • @TheEchoSage
      @TheEchoSage 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Someone should take a mash of AC Valhalla and GOW Valhalla trailers with this

  • @hazza8254
    @hazza8254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I'm learning Old Norse at the minute so this really helps me boost motivation

    • @user-dy2cg3hj6m
      @user-dy2cg3hj6m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. I memorized the song and sing it all the time now

    • @TheMurlocKeeper
      @TheMurlocKeeper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-dy2cg3hj6m - I sincerely hope you break it out while standing in line while grocery shopping or something :P

  • @kirstenmorris2462
    @kirstenmorris2462 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Hearing this in the original language... This is how it would have sounded when my ancestors sang it... It has a haunting quality, the weight of ages and a fierce sense of warrior pride.

  • @wyrmshard
    @wyrmshard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    My ancestors are smiling, they speak of great music to come

    • @leahg3926
      @leahg3926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💕💜❤️💕

    • @kingofrome9983
      @kingofrome9983 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      your ancestors were butchered at Stamford bridge and Ashdown. Now their legacy lies in American pop culture television and dirt, while the people they failed to conquer colonised the planet and created the worlds largest empire.

    • @candypg1
      @candypg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kingofrome9983 The people the failed to conquer did become fucking evil monsters who committed genocides so… maybe that whole area was fucked.

    • @candypg1
      @candypg1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually a lot of society’s did that

  • @remmikins4130
    @remmikins4130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1526

    Old Norse is so incredibly interesting on a purely phonetic level, doubly so as someone born in Scandinavia and being able to pick up up words with my modern understanding.
    Honestly you have a singularly spectacular voice. Your vocal range is breathtaking, from the thundering lows you seem to strike with such ease, to the magnificent highs.
    Rock on Colm, bloody Rock on, mate!

    • @huawafabe
      @huawafabe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      isn't it almost identical to modern icelandic?

    • @N3MAID3S
      @N3MAID3S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@huawafabe It's very very close, from my understanding the written text is very close to modern icelandic

    • @girv98
      @girv98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@huawafabe in writing and grammar, yes. But the pronunciation/phonology is pretty different

    • @remmikins4130
      @remmikins4130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      From what I understand of the subject, which is to say a very limited understanding, yes Icelandic is the closest approximation of modern use Old Norse has.

    • @codyj.braunva5406
      @codyj.braunva5406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@girv98 what if you just speak Icelandic in the Old Norse pronunciation/phonology

  • @mattducat3248
    @mattducat3248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This song brings me to tears at 1:41 every time and I’ve heard it about 20 times so far. Soon to be 20 thousand

  • @rosscole921
    @rosscole921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Unbelievable, I have a grandfather that can talk like a viking and act like one, but this just amazing

    • @cjcj233
      @cjcj233 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a scandi i lold at ur comment

    • @guts1913
      @guts1913 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@cjcj233 ....did bro just say "loled"

  • @doomslayer6906
    @doomslayer6906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1280

    my mother told me: "if you don't do the dishes then you won't get any brownies"
    so i smashed them all with a war axe

    • @leonardodenni1562
      @leonardodenni1562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I'm guessing you didn't get the brownies did you?

    • @doomslayer6906
      @doomslayer6906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@leonardodenni1562 I in fact did not :(

    • @tomms5519
      @tomms5519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny

    • @matthewcox3563
      @matthewcox3563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@doomslayer6906 she didn't tell you what way to do the dishes tho...

    • @ZeruelB
      @ZeruelB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@matthewcox3563 could have been he didn't do them well enough with his axe.

  • @mr.meowgi9876
    @mr.meowgi9876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +851

    Well this proves that colm is a norse god in human form this and the thunderous voice

    • @Nessy385
      @Nessy385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ew, pagan

    • @swedishbloke
      @swedishbloke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@Nessy385 ew someone who’s not accepting of others beliefs and actively are calling my ancestors “bad”……..

    • @Cubsfan_75
      @Cubsfan_75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@swedishbloke may the gods shine upon you

    • @azkabar1349
      @azkabar1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@Nessy385 "According to my God your God doesn't exist" is a moronic perspective.

    • @swedishbloke
      @swedishbloke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Nessy385 ”they believed wrong”…….. you are only proving even more that religion is the main problem of our society….. I’m going to make you tell me that I’m going to hell with 2 simple facts about me. First of, I do not believe in any god. There is no divine. What happens in our lives aren’t pre determined but are direct effects of our former actions. The only thing that affects us are our personality are our imediate surroundings and our parents.
      Now onwards to the second thing. IM GAY AS HELL. SO YEA I MIGHT GO TO HEL BUT ILL HAVE ALL MY FELLOW GAY MEN WITH ME DOWN THERE!

  • @mimi_j
    @mimi_j 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He doesn’t even look like his voice is supposed to be that low. The thought of trying this as a soprano hurts lol. This is haunting 💕💕

  • @I_DoThingsSometimes
    @I_DoThingsSometimes ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So who else wants to raid an old English monastery

  • @nikoff008
    @nikoff008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    I can’t stop listening to this. I thought I was over my “My Mother Told Me phase” … apparently not. This is hauntingly beautiful. Long live Vikings. ❤️

    • @kaelanirevyruun1676
      @kaelanirevyruun1676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Vikingrs ;P Calling them Vikings is like saying "Programs" to refer to programmers xD

    • @sathingtonwilloughby3741
      @sathingtonwilloughby3741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hear it in my head every goddamn day lol.

    • @gourdguru
      @gourdguru ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you aren't over that phase til you cross an ocean, sack a monastery and claim a kingdom.

    • @alejandroacevedo2343
      @alejandroacevedo2343 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tienes razón es realmente increíble

    • @dryder7078
      @dryder7078 ปีที่แล้ว

      i have like 10 versions of this song i listen to regulary but this one is the best

  • @Voca221
    @Voca221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    I'm so jealous of his vocal range. This song gave me chills. Definitely going into my favorites!

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His lows are pitch shifted

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaganMin671 no it isnt

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaganMin671 no it isn't not my friend

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaganMin671 what typo?
      I did accept the truth. His voice I very obviously pitch shifted.

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PaganMin671 it is actually.

  • @aq5426
    @aq5426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always love hearing songs in the elder tongues. This is so amazing.

  • @captaincoolness55
    @captaincoolness55 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please keep doing these Old Norse songs. They're amazing, and it kind of helps me learn the language. I've been trying to learn it for a little over a year now, but I have had little success with the book i have. These videos make me motivated to keep trying.

  • @doyouremebervodka9387
    @doyouremebervodka9387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Now I know why the British feared the norse. Imagine hearing this deep ass voice singing in a tongue you don't understand In a foggy ass mist approaching.

    • @mikaylababjac9585
      @mikaylababjac9585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Not to mention that some of the Viking warriors were women so being killed on the battlefield by a woman would've been so depressing to a soldier.

    • @GetDougDimmadomed
      @GetDougDimmadomed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@mikaylababjac9585 Valkyrie were terrors on the battlefield. Imagining thin, muscular women moving VERY fast with ruthless efficiency is horrifying.

    • @flameofmage1099
      @flameofmage1099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@GetDougDimmadomed The Viking warriors were some of the strongest on Earth. They were a force to be reckoned with.

    • @struggler5702
      @struggler5702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@GetDougDimmadomed valkyries where folklore creatures who would escort half of the fallen into Valhalla. Female warriors were called shieldmaidens.

    • @opticmidnight2629
      @opticmidnight2629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mikaylababjac9585 Actually only 13 women ever to take part in raiding if anything, raiding and trading where done by men but women did participate in exploration.

  • @viniciuspereira8426
    @viniciuspereira8426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    ​I can't believe it, a few days ago I was just thinking how would sound Colm singing that song in old norse, and now, there he is!!

  • @ellalane1941
    @ellalane1941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    The gods will honor you in Valhalla for making such an amazing cover of this song!

  • @theprinceofawesomeness
    @theprinceofawesomeness 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I find it melancholic, i am Scandinavien and i don't understand a single word, old norse was so enchanting that i wish it survived more to this day so it would be convenient to learn

    • @Lattefoamart990
      @Lattefoamart990 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually Icelandic is pretty close to old norse!

  • @navigator5426
    @navigator5426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    This is by far the easiest to understand rendition of this song vocally speaking, real clear on the pronunciation and every word and letter sounding like it should. Another brilliant performance. I'm certain that you put a lot of work into it, and it shows. Well done.

  • @nat.pivtorat
    @nat.pivtorat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    When I closed my eyes, it felt like I traveled in time and get to the vikings. They're sitting near the fire, sining songs, dancing, telling stories. Then they do their usual work and get redy for winter. And go through the see to fight with enemies and rushed gold and steel before winter comes. Your voice, music and the manner of playing made me feel like that. Thank you so much for those emotions. You are incredible musician.

    • @pnztv8130
      @pnztv8130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why can't I reapeatly smash the thumb up on your comment? :(

  • @jaker7567
    @jaker7567 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    with headphones on, i feel like i can see back in time to my ancestors pulling an oar on a wolfship, cutting through ice filled waters with battle brothers chanting this
    absolutely wonderful performance

  • @wollis3802
    @wollis3802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awesome performance, Colm - i love your harmonies and the way you use your voice - along with the old Norse language. You really are intense! rock on ;)

  • @JackieTheDeviL1869
    @JackieTheDeviL1869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I love how this is better than ANY existing version. I'm blown away ❤️

    • @davidgadd512
      @davidgadd512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Frt he needs to make hour long version

    • @fritzmoy101
      @fritzmoy101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My favorite version is the one by grimfrost, but that has a lot to do with their accuracy, both in the video and in the pronunciation of the words

    • @JackieTheDeviL1869
      @JackieTheDeviL1869 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fritzmoy101 okay, I didn't even know that version existed! Thank you for mentioning it ❤️

    • @fritzmoy101
      @fritzmoy101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JackieTheDeviL1869 no problem, also did not mean to bash Colms version, it's amazing and sounds great, just wanted to bring grimfrosts version to the foreground too

    • @JackieTheDeviL1869
      @JackieTheDeviL1869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fritzmoy101 don't worry! It didn't come off as bashing this version, at least in my opinion

  • @ElyresortBlogspot
    @ElyresortBlogspot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I don't know why I don't get tired of this song. This is a whole new level of awesome.

    • @leahg3926
      @leahg3926 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. 😁

    • @ZeruelB
      @ZeruelB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats because this, and other songs from him, focus on vocals and use instruments as background. Radiostations play the Wellerman around here, from Nathan evans. That version pales in comparison to his original one due to modern soundeffects... Similar things also happen when you compare this to Metal versions where you just think something is missing in them, like, the metal part.

    • @highflowerOG
      @highflowerOG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that is the original point of these shanties: Something that can be song by anyone, anywhere, doing anything, and can repeat.

  • @reghardt5695
    @reghardt5695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There's something menacing about the Norse language 8t changed your voice and makes you sound like some brute
    Now that's what I'm talking about
    This is so badass

  • @puggumpus
    @puggumpus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I always love hearing songs being sung in their native language, there's just a kind of magic that the English versions don't have

  • @cindygrayson1288
    @cindygrayson1288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Your vocal range amazes me. I was a high first soprano but my voice has dropped and hearing the depth of your vocal quality is so impressive! Love it.

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's pitch shifted

    • @Nyx_2142
      @Nyx_2142 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevenseagal5950 Wow. You really are under every single comment mentioning his deep voice. Think you might need a therapist or two for that obsession. Something tells me I'll find you commenting this on his other videos too, lol. And you have the audacity to tell others to get bent, projection is a helluva thing.

    • @stevenseagal5950
      @stevenseagal5950 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nyx_2142 yeah I'm correcting stupidity and obvious pitch shifting, and it's hard to believe people fall for it.
      And this is the only video I've commented on.
      Funny that you're scouring around looking to fight with me.
      Yep, i absolutely do have the audacity to do that, especially when they're objectively wrong, and would rather be stuck up cunts than admit they're wrong.
      Funny thing isn't it?
      And how is this projection? Lol you just love throwing random terms out their like "source?" And "projection".
      You don't even know what you're saying, just parroting other comments you've seen.

    • @Nyx_2142
      @Nyx_2142 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stevenseagal5950 Cope harder.

  • @danielford1878
    @danielford1878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This dude needs to sing this for the new DND movie. Bro. Gives me chills.

  • @Handles-Suck-YouTube
    @Handles-Suck-YouTube ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For those curious, here's what this *might* look in Swedish. Some of these words and grammar structures are definitely archaic, but still valid:
    Så talte min moder,
    Att jag skulle mig köpa,
    Ett skepp med fagra åror,
    Fara brott med vikingar,
    Stå upp i fören,
    Styra dyra knarren,
    Håll det så till hamna,
    Hugga man och annan,
    Hugga man och annan

  • @gamingseanhd4321
    @gamingseanhd4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Bro the original of this song is epic and the fact this is in old Norse is really the cherry on the icing, absolutely amazing man keep it up!!!

    • @gamingseanhd4321
      @gamingseanhd4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm also an Irish folk, uppa Irish heathens!

  • @nataliefbehler
    @nataliefbehler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Even without mentioning the outstanding vocals, this arrangement is so compelling!

  • @teutonicgroyper6559
    @teutonicgroyper6559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Listening to this song all the way through boosts yuor vril

  • @thorjohnson4730
    @thorjohnson4730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing since I lived in Sweden for 10 years and know old Norse

  • @nicholaselliott339
    @nicholaselliott339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Simply fantastic. Since I don't know Old Norse, I'll just say that I think you did well on the pronunciation and thank you for bringing out the Tagel once more!

    • @ColmRMcGuinness
      @ColmRMcGuinness  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha cheers mate! I keep forgetting I own it 😂

  • @bambutu
    @bambutu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I wish I had his vocal range, he hits as deep as the earth's core

  • @tripodfish1203
    @tripodfish1203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why can I feel this? I have norse heritage but have never spoken the language. Yet somehow this feels like the songs of my people. It calls to something that I didn't know was missing.

  • @daice8794
    @daice8794 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did not understand a single word of this but I think it's so beautiful and awesome

  • @dshepard3161
    @dshepard3161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    An Incredible talent, a talent of the age, a legend of his people. More please.

  • @kulturludagadami
    @kulturludagadami 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I stepped into the music world with my own efforts and improved myself with intense efforts. It all started with playing guitar in a school band 6 years ago. I am currently studying cello, piano and singing at the same time. You are obviously one of the people I look up to. I hope one day I can create amazing works like yours

  • @lioeeebi
    @lioeeebi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man living under the bedrock 💥

  • @lucypatootie
    @lucypatootie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been listening to this for days over and over and over again. Can't get enough of his voice, its so unbelieveable great!

  • @jonao8125
    @jonao8125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    THIS GUY'S VOICE HITS ME 🔥✊

  • @skjoldar9622
    @skjoldar9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I knew you are Balder. And now you have shown us. But seriously this will be so awesome. Can't wait for your take on this Balder Mcguinness

    • @jeffbrowngraphics
      @jeffbrowngraphics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Looks like he has hair to me.

    • @edwardcrowe3081
      @edwardcrowe3081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hopefully he stays away from mistletoe
      We need him alive

    • @connorhealy1562
      @connorhealy1562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@edwardcrowe3081 mistletoe? What? No no, dear Hodr this is simply a branch, go ahead and throw it

    • @hellacoorinna9995
      @hellacoorinna9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      SKALD!

  • @skannerdk7268
    @skannerdk7268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hearing that Old Norse in a deep growl makes ones hackles rise.

  • @thesapphiredragon8568
    @thesapphiredragon8568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hearing him talk normally gave me whiplash

  • @nathalie422
    @nathalie422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    In the name of Odin, what did you just wake up from its sleep? 😱😲😄
    I Think I can speak for all scandinavians when I say THANK YOU /TACK for this version 🙏
    And If this doesn't end up in a scandinavian movie I don't know what will 🍻Skål

  • @zeropointfusion7679
    @zeropointfusion7679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'd just like to say that your music has helped me greatly while I'm at college. Me being a procrastinator, I stress over three days straight getting work done in succession. I usually have your music on loop while I work, which helps pass the time as I either write papers, do 3D modeling, or visual effects. Keep up the great work!

  • @VanOfSalt
    @VanOfSalt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Y’know, this was my first introduction to this song. I didn’t really think of it as a Sea Shanty. Or at least the traditional sense of it, perhaps it’s the way he’s performing it, but it just sounds like an epic Viking battle chant/folk song that just sounds so badass. I prefer this version over the English one BY FAR!

  • @Alex-oi7oq
    @Alex-oi7oq ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine hearing two dozen voices singing this from the woods at midnight in old norse

  • @Caramelle58
    @Caramelle58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love this song ! Never heard it in Old Norse, though…. I am impressed. Colm must have been a Viking warrior in an earlier life

  • @dan1273
    @dan1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Holy shit... listened twice back to back. Turned it up louder the second time... my roommates think I'm nuts as I sit here jamming out to a song in old Norse sung by a fellow ginger. I absolutely love your stuff. I can't tell you what people like you have done for me when I'm in a dark place. Keep up the great work man!
    I wonder if you'd want to perform the United States Marines Corps hymn at some point. I'd love to see your take on it.

  • @tylersanders7530
    @tylersanders7530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This man can sing deeper then the Dwarven mines

  • @charliesybert2683
    @charliesybert2683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man could rip my spine out with his voice alone

  • @Elena-lu7tl
    @Elena-lu7tl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I'm positively giddy about this!! I don't even need to hear it to know how epic this is...but I have my reminder set anyway...

  • @danidoglover1
    @danidoglover1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This has been the best version I've heard so far, didn't like it in English. Are the irish songs coming up? Fingers still crossed for "the green fields of france", and "One I love".

    • @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger
      @HroduuulfSonOfHrodger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Have you heard this one yet: Hinderfjall was the group on Grimfrost Records that did this cover in Old Norse. They even got Peter Franzen (King Harald Fairhair from History's "Vikings" tv show) to provide guest vocals like he did on the show. It's amazing! th-cam.com/video/8aveUs1o6e4/w-d-xo.html

  • @MEGQuilts
    @MEGQuilts ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful and powerful. Love the internal rhymescheme that is so common in Old Norse and Old English, both. It sounds like the old term for viking is a verb rather than a noun, though I know grammar was changeable back then. (It's still an agreed-upon construct, but with more rules laid down.) Only recently have folks gone back to "verbing the noun" as was common in OE, at least if I remember my classes correctly.

  • @loneronin6813
    @loneronin6813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This man has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard! :D

  • @Sgt_Kal
    @Sgt_Kal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This is just fantastic. I've heard quite a few versions of the song, but never in Old Norse. Simply amazing.
    Also, dat mic quality tho

  • @Tommy1977777
    @Tommy1977777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This will be your finest work! i cannot wait!

  • @giuseppe9653
    @giuseppe9653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He looks like he would just walk out of the boat, walk to the monks and gently tell them they will be killed and their stuff will get stolen

  • @SrDan-zg2kt
    @SrDan-zg2kt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im icelandic and i love this shit, i could understand everything he said and it awsome so see this

  • @trincywalker7497
    @trincywalker7497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Immediate chills very hauntingly sounding. Love the old norse it makes this song sound menacing and pair it with colms voice perfect match. Thanks for this great song.

  • @-championofrome-5303
    @-championofrome-5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You and Alina Gingertail need to do a colab with this song, you two are absolutely amazing!

  • @sandiblohm6733
    @sandiblohm6733 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is beautiful! What a fantastic range in voice!!!

  • @bryantselleck5231
    @bryantselleck5231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Makes me want to run a Viking themed horror D&D survival campaign. Have the PCs come rolling up to a fog shrouded shore looking for some good old fashioned raiding only to find all the inhabitants already slain. Upon returning to their boat it has been scuttled. The dead begins to rise. Demons run free. Have to survive and figure out what happen.

  • @kaeldrarhiannon
    @kaeldrarhiannon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    3:42 was hands down my favorite part. I really wish I wasn't allergic to wool so I could support those lovely jumpers.
    (The song was cool too.)

  • @turtleharbinger2581
    @turtleharbinger2581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I knew I wanted you to sing this song, I just never knew how badly I needed to hear you sing old Norse until now…🥺

  • @bigninjiwcr2277
    @bigninjiwcr2277 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chills. That's all I felt in this. That bass pitch? Instant goosebumps

  • @adrianmunoz45
    @adrianmunoz45 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes another way to honor the old gods. I love it

  • @alphadark7754
    @alphadark7754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm speechless....this is SO AMAZING! I heard many versions of this song but yours is the truely godfather🧙🏼‍♂️

  • @hildalobo2399
    @hildalobo2399 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If a song is on repeat for more then an hour now you know it is captivating hypnotizing and beyond.............. Wauw

  • @josiemitchell547
    @josiemitchell547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first times I heard this song was in Vikings, and so in Old Norse and there's so few good versions of it in that language! This one's great.

  • @papacrow5905
    @papacrow5905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could listen to this over and over. The range of his voice is just a amazing. Renaissance faire need to book him right next to the Craic show. I'd be there every weekend