REGIN SMIÐUR

[RTMarx]

I'm very impressed and proud :) You made a good work pronounciating!

[Krakazabrak]

BRAVO!!!

[rasmusrr97]

Faroese baby xD

[iekp]

Awesome!

[fmeinhardsson]

hattar er imponerandi men samstundis er hattar snøgt sagt láturligt

[Tjalfi999]

It sounds better when Heri sings it with some guitars and an e bow, but this is really good. Great job!

[stikdenxD]

that is really impressive :)

keep up the good work :D

[fazzol]

Really well done, even though it is not an easy task! Greetings from the faroes.

[ghjboy]

tit owna totalt :D

[SketchSepahi]

@TheSavageDaughter I'm from the Faroe Islands and I'm incredibly impressed by you. You're really good at pronouncing the language. Don't let anyone tell you different.

[stardustcutee]

hehe well gotta give em credit for trying :)

[vertyy]

Sounds really awesome. I am faroese and i enjoyed it!

[frihild]

I had to comment again - my son was listening to this and told me that it sounded just like Týr :D kudos :)

[stardustcutee]

@frihild hey froggy ;) hehe 

[MykeHawke1]

I am actually really impressed :D you 2 were probably faroese in your earlier life ;)

[Annikusa]

Nice! :D

[JamesTheTank]

HAIL!

[jrs1312]

the title is spelled wrong. it is Regin Smiðjur :) just sayin'

[Fleygipova]

@jrs1312 Nope, it's Regin Smiður. Kanska tú kanst hyggja í orðabókina? :-)

[jrs1312]

@Fleygipova eg skrivaði eina fyrisøgn einaferð, og eg skrivaði Regin Smiður, og fekk skeivt fyri tað. men so býttir sum lærarir eru nú um dagar so... xD

[ghjboy]

@jrs1312 Icelandic it is smiðjur, but faroese it is smiður

[HAUEhuaheau91]

Haha that's awesome!

[inujkal]

Well done! I'm impressed. Hail from the Faroes!

[frihild]

Being Faroese... hey I can understand what you're saying! :D You did well :)

It says that you're singing excepts ... Ah well, just wanted you guys to know that at least I ( too) think you did a good job - keep it up :)

[sverrimo]

I laughed at first, but it was actually not that bad.

When it comes to the pronunciation you have some difficulty with the verses -- many of words are mumbled or just come out wrong -- but the chorus was almost spot on.

[Dynamitstong]

Good Job sir, your doint it good, considering how our language sounds nothing like English :)

[Hinkakan]

:O Amazing that you can do three and a half minute of this kvædi from heart, in a language that probably sounds like volapyk to you!

I cant remember more than 2-3 verses .. :P

[Annikusa]

@Hinkakan - Haha xD Sama her

[Snorkil1337pro]

@Hinkakan volapyk lol :P

[oyndri]

jes they do wher I am from they do and it fun to sing it if your is dancing faro island folke danc

[cilibinarii]

Regin the Smith is actually also a prominent character in the Old Norse Volsunga saga, awesome to see that people still sing ballads about this =D

[Chickenchowname]

This is very good! Hail from UK

[standiinq]

I'm proud to hear this, not many people who can pronounce the words in faroese !

[CruxyBaby]

LOVE IT! Oh Wyndreth how I miss you so! You two sound fantastic <3

Love

Shannon

[PrinceAlbert240189]

Genialt! hattar má vera ein stór útfordring!

[stayenkaaugiasza]

english language is sitll german... saxons,normans and vikings mixed language means just another invasion on america(after vinland),germans are fuckin invaders and we can;t do with it nothing:D

[LastOfTheWilds920]

This is great. Never lose your culture- your blood is the only thing that will never leave you.

Odin be praised.

[dethmetalgurl666]

Amazing. :)

[poorventrue]

@ Savage Daughter, I don't speak any other language, so to my ears you were like a Valkyrie ^_^ I do love all your songs, my family (kids and I, and my folk) listen to songs each week before Rune meditation to get "in the mood" with the kids, they learn through the songs, and every thing we do. So...thank you once again! I hope to hear more songs.

[skullcane]

hehe respect from the faroe islands, glad to see peoples intrest in learning faroese and Týr's versions of the ballads. Even though some parts are pronounced a bit funny, some of them are very good.

[stayenkaaugiasza]

Egil The Skald!

[BerserkViking666]

epic

[NoGrease]

This is awesome!

I'm a big fan of Týr, and I'm tempted to say, you actually did the chorus better than they did.

More of a folkish sound.

[rak000]

Lol no offense but i'd prefer Heri Joensen over these people any day of the week to sing this song. Check out Tyr - Regin Smidur

[MarinVillalpando15]

You guys really arent bad. I'm not Faroese, but your pronounciations really do sound clear, and vocals not bad. Well done both of you. =]

[turbofritz2]

Greetings from Faroe Islands.

Actualy it's surprisingly good pronounciation.

[dayron25]

I love it!

[TheSavageDaughter]

@gilleli: I am speaking entirely for myself here--Im the blonde on the left in the video--when I say, uh, yeah. I have a pretty accurate idea how funny we sound. Theres no disrespect intended--there's just always a funny factor when trying to learn a piece using phonetics and written word in a language I dont speak, but wish to honor by trying to learn anyway.

[TheSavageDaughter]

@gilleli (continued): Heres the thing: you can totally point and laugh at the errors. Or you can consider the fact that this piece of Faeroese culture and balladry tradition inspired a couple of nonFaeroese performers to risk sounding funny in homage to the incredibly cool balladry traditions alive and well in the Faeroes, here on the other side of a considerable geographical, cultural and musical separation.

[lelorien]

I support your views ^^ I try to sing along too, here in Canada, and know that I sound much "funnier" then you do!

[MarinVillalpando15]

I think its worse hearing a Californian like me singing along to Regin Smidur, haha. =D

[gilleli]

lol they have no idea how funny they sound:p

[Huldumavur]

OBS! Faroese is NOT pronounced with Alveolar trilled R (like in Icelandic/Spanish), its pronounced with Alveolar approximant R, (more like in American English and most British English dialects).

It annoys me to hear e.g. Eivør Pálsdóttir using the Alveolar trilled R when she sings Faroese, the same goes for the Faroese singer in Valravn; and I hear, Heri in Týr does it sometimes as well.

Just pronounce it as your American R, it's as close to a Faroese R as you can get.

[aGeilini]

stop saying that, i know that to not be true.

why are cutting such a straight cut through Faroese phonetics. maybe in your standard Faroese(if there even is one) the rolling "R" are not visible, but it depends largely where you are from( i use them a lot). there is another factor involved, and it is how easy it is for Faroese to make these Rs, they sit there comfortable on the tongue just waiting to come out. The rolling Rs are in Faroese and there is no denying it.

[Huldumavur]

What you are talking about has nothing to do with the Aveolar trilled R.

Try to listen to some spanish and icelandic here on Youtube and compare them to Faroese/English and you will hear the difference.

Faroese and English have Alveolar approximant R's, and spanish and icelandic have trilled R's, this is concluded by world leading linguists, and they should know.

Yes Faroese is my native tongue but I also speak Spanish and guess what, the most difficult for me is to pronounce the Spanish R

[0m12]

Wait a minute, you're genuinely trying to argue that native speakers of Faroese are pronouncing Faroese incorrectly? Not the chaps in this video I mean, but the people you've listed; I presume at least one is Fareose? aGeilini at the very least sounds like a native speaker, and to be frank, native speakers can bloody aspirate their Rs if they wanted to and they wouldn't be wrong; language is how people actually speak, not how one person thinks people ought speak.

[Huldumavur]

I beg your pardon?

I AM a native Faroese speaker, and I know at least as much about Faroese and other languages as Á Geilini does (probably more); I am not 'thinking' how people ought to speak, I'm just referring to how native Faroe Islanders DO speak, and it's nothing near Alveolar trilled R.

[0m12]

@Huldumavur

Yes but the point is there are dialects, and there is no language in the world spoken uniformly by all its native speakers; I wasn't suggesting aGelini knows any more or less, but rather that he too appeared to be a native speaker and hence the manner in which he speaks is exactly as valid as yours

[LyrahGirl]

You guys shouldn't be arguing... you're both right and you're both wrong. It depends on dialect yes... but the main reason Eivør and Heri use a rolled R is because it is a feature of Old Faroese and Old Norse... Eivør is a folk singer. Folk is about old songs and old times. Heri is a viking warrior so of course he's going to choose an older form of Faroese... and an older pronunciation.

[berserkur19]

@Huldumavur I am faroese and I use the rolling R alot, i really think it depends on where you are from in the faroes, in Funningi they use it ALOT, I also find it more natural to say

[johanj81]

Credit to you for trying, your pronountion do need quite a lot of polishing tough. Also you should inform, that your lyrics, are not from the traditional Faroese ballad, but the newer metal version from the faroese band "Týr" the original ballad has something like 82 verses

[ANGRB0DA]

All of the verses sung here (as well as the ones in the TYR version) come from the original ballad.

[johanj81]

That´s true. but it is only a few, giving no sense of the story the ballad tells !

And i checked the ballad has 131 verses

[Ineededanaccount0]

Bla bla bla just watch the video smart ass

[johanj81]

What´s your problem ? it´s not about being a smartass. the guy tells people that he´s singin a traditional ballad, but he is not. He is singing a few picks that he has copied from Týr, The faroese metal band. wich is absolutely not telling the story of the original ballad. This ballad is something we learn in elementary school in the Faroes. i just mentioned it as good advice. not to get mocked by dicks like you

[tsjoencinema]

They have good pronounciation. They sounds almost like faroese.

[00ghost27]

love it

[deggac666]

i dont know how people dont get to this video!! i always listen to this ! very well done! again!

[deggac666]

i love how you sing it!!! great!

[yurishoujo]

Awesome version of this song. (: