Unst Boat Song, Shetland (Corrupted Norn Language)

[jensarni]

Stál, stoytta, stonga, reyra. Hvað segð dú dað báð skal bera. Hvað segð dú dað báð skal bera. Lættara meir við drengi. - Would mean in faroese; Steel, pour, mast, row. What say you that will carry the boat. What say you that will carry the boat, More lighter with boys. However the words may have some gaelic origin so I might be entirely wrong.

[pitsinokaki]

Thank you very much for uploading this. I'm very interested in languages and I've been reading about Norn for some time now (first discovered it through the ballad, King Orfeo).

[Archangelsashes]

I love it! I've been researching Norn for some time now. It's quite difficult to get literature in Germany.

[RavenofDenmark]

den kan jeg godt lide den sang ^^

tror jeg vil lære den :b

[Aeschylus]

Ótrúligur!

[Huldumavur]

Modern Shetlandic = 'Insular Scots' (google 'Scots language'), locally known as 'Shaetlan' or 'Shetland'.

Insular Scots differs from Mainland Scots, both by vocabulary (of Norn origin) , by pronunciation, e.g. ö/ø which has persisted since the days of Norn, as well as Norse syntax: Shetlandic: 'Whit says du?' (what do you say?)

[ConCon75]

I hope you try to revive this interesting language.

I take it Shetlandic is a bit like Ullans? only with more norn words?

[RavenofDenmark]

@ConCon75

They are working on it =)

try to search for Nynorn

[aGeilini]

Faroese+gealic+English(old English) = Norn.

[paramecium032]

old norse rather than faroese though they are all similar

[Lobotomyu]

Old Norse+Gaelic+Middle English=Shetlandic.