Hávamál, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson - English subtitles

[Madavascus]

This, truly, is the heart and soul of true heathenry. Thank you.

[HeimdallTheFalcon]

Sa hon valkyrjur

vit um komnar

gorvar at rioa.

Upon my names be know.... Draugadrottinn....Hildolfr....­.En Forni.

Lord from tribe, worshiper of Woden.

Hugin en Munin take flight upon winding shoulder.

Leaving only the rage......

[Ulfvaldr2012]

I think I've asked this before, but dont remember. Is there any way to get a Disk of Mr.Beinteinsson's work?I really love this and would like a copy.

[Odinson1951]

May the Allfather bless you for this. Actually I have no doubt. Thank you.

[heidirh]

Thank you for uploading this beautiful recitation + transcription of the Icelandic words recited + English subtitles :)

[SeigSel]

Its sounds bad in english...pfff...This is words that should not be spoken i english at all..

[mrandrias]

Hávamál, means shark language in faroese.

[ScipiondeFrance]

Superbe.

[Stridhhrafn]

I love Sveinbjörns Rímur and Eddukvæðum, however this text is full of errors my friend.

[rigstula]

Wisdom, courage and generosity towards friends, strangers and kin. Today's society is, unfortunately, very lacking in all of these values. We have become increasingly passive and cowardly. Also, how many people are willing to invite a freezing, hungry stranger to their house, like Havamal says one ought to do?

This ancient poem definitely has a lot to teach us, perhaps more than ever, and certainly more than the naive ideal of 'turning the other cheek'.

Hail Odin!

[fintonomalley]

@rigstula true words, very true. if people these days still heeded wodens counsel, the world would surely be a far greater place. hail woden

[Ulfvaldr2012]

anyone know where and if I can get a cd of this? and any more of his singing, I really love this.

[SivakAurak]

I love how it starts out by reminding the listener of the certainty of death, and that only your name will survive you, and ask you to listen carefully to the singers wisdom.

And the first thing he offers is DRINKING ADVICE.

[BirkaViking]

Very awesome video and hail Oden.

Cheers from Sweden

[Prophetstrider]

Ancient Truths!!  Hail Odin!!

[FraterNM]

I have not heard this since the 90's! It truly Atavistically resurges Wotan, and Thor in the soul of the Nordic Human!

[stormlord73]

A man truely in tune with wyrd , Havamal certainly is a gift to all those who listen

[MrPureAggression]

mighty good verses

[lauraalta]

beautiful language...

[IohannesC]

This sounds like some type of Indian Language or dialect; it doesn't seem to resemble any European Language I've ever heard, much less a Northern European one...interesting.

[Midvinterblot542]

@IohannesC It doesn't sound that distinct. You will hear many similarities in modern Scandinavian languages.

[NYBaller35]

@IohannesC That is because the language sanskrit is an ancient european language, it's original peoples live in lithuania, there was an ancient spilt, the other branch settled in India, and race mixed, founded indian culture and language.

[SeadogDriftwood]

@NYBaller35 Actually, it's far more complicated. The early Indo-European cultures sprang from what's now eastern Ukraine and the neighbouring areas of Russia, around the middle and southern parts of the Volga and the Don.

They were great traders, and even greater riders; it's the latter that got them so far and that helped with over other cultures., Of course, if they couldn't win them over, they invaded - such were the times, 6000-4500 years ago...

[NYBaller35]

@SeadogDriftwood I know, if you study classical history, you can trace the migration of european peoples out of north africa, there are several migrations. Anatolia used to be white, so did western China, and if you factor language into that, weird facts appear, for instance Celtic languages have been spoken in Anatolia.

[kvareran]

@IohannesC its in icelandic. I am icelandic and i can understand this and I speak like this of course with out the singing.

[thedarkalcove]

To tears I was brought for memories wrought, once lost to the annals of woe. Hence I march in remembrance long, to the pain that made us strong.

[Lauv]

Døyr fe

Døyr frendar

Døyr sjølv det same

Eg veit eitt

som aldri døyr,

dom om daudan kvar.

[slobo1987]

I'm looking foreward to learn Icelandic. It sounds so mystic compared to modern norwegian. Does anyone has any good suggestions to start my learning before I go there?? I how a grammer-book. I've read some children books allready. And I'm norwegian, so nordic languages are not new to me.

[Treacherouslife]

amasing :)

[RavenofDenmark]

váv! þat er mjök gott at heyra þetta á nútíma íslensku ^^

takk fyrir! =)

[PenttiLinkola23]

Thank you.

[condorlegion89]

Sounds like he´s praying! I tought non was the last viking language, or what language is this?

[kyssuber]

Icelandic

[MrNegativeMrPositive]

it's either faroee (färöiska) or icelandic (isländska) and it's not a viking language it's old norse.

[RavenofDenmark]

it is modern icelandic, faroese does not have the letter þ

:b

[RavenofDenmark]

this is modern icelandic =)

[condorlegion89]

Cool, thanks! and I meant to say "Norn" language before

[RavenofDenmark]

ahh, well Norn is the last viking language to die :b

We still got a handfull left ^^ like my native language: Danish =)

[condorlegion89]

Aiight, Danish works lol

[RussMoxham]

@RavenofDenmark The text is Old Norse and Sveinbjörn, an Icelander, pronounces it as such to the best of his ability, but the pronunciation of Old Norse and Modern Icelandic is not the same and naturally Sveinbjörn is influenced by the modern pronunciation. But anyway, this is not Modern Icelandic. And, MrNegativeMrPositive, it definitely is not Faeroese. Sveinbjörn was an Icelandic pagan, head of Iceland's Ásatrú Society, and a farmer, I believe.

[thevikingpower08]

nice

[milkau828]

It sounds like a reciting mantra of the Vedas, it's interesting, cause both have the same indo-european roots. that's why fonetically they're so alike.

Thanks for posting this.

[Huldumavur]

Exactly, I have been thinking about making a video about the kinship between the two.

The norse mythology cow 'Audhumla' has the same origin as the holy cow(s) in India etc.

[heidirh]

@Huldumavur I hope you do make this video. I eagerly anticipate it (though it appears that you may have decided against making it).

[heidirh]

Previous comment was re. a video about the kinship between the Vedas & Eddas.

[RavenofDenmark]

@RussMoxham

This is not old norse, I know it is different from modern icelandic. but some changes has been made on the text.

The old norse long ø, has been changed into modern icelandic æ

and the Q like sign, to modern icelandic ö

And the tricky old norse -r ending, has been changed into modern icelandic -ur.

This is not old norse

[RussMoxham]

@RavenofDenmark Those are all phonological changes that marked the transition toward Icelandic, but you also have enclitics here, e.g. in skyli-t, that are not part of Modern Icelandic at all. And the syntax is very different from that of Modern Icelandic. The whole point of the recitation was to attempt to connect with Iceland's past.

[RavenofDenmark]

@RussMoxham

I know, but the origianl text do not have those icelandic elements.

they did not start to come before after year 1300.

whats more, the long á is pronounched by Sveinbjörn as modern icelandic á, but but around 1300, the á was an å.

This is neither modern icelandic or old norse.

it is some artifical middle thing.

[RussMoxham]

@RavenofDenmark I basically agree. My basic point is that this can't really be Modern Icelandic. If I attempt to recite 'Beowulf' or 'The Canterbury Tales' in the original, I'm not really speaking Modern English--more like Old or Middle English with a Modern English accent :) I don't know how much Sveinbjörn knew about Old Icelandic or Old Norse. Maybe if he'd known more he would have chosen more of the obsolete pronunciations, but maybe he just thought no-one would understand.

[RussMoxham]

@milkau828 I think it's a bit of a stretch to say they're phonetically similar, especially since historical linguistics can only give us a more or less educated guess about the pronunciation of ancient texts, languages. We have some good sources for Icelandic ('The First Grammatical Treatise' for one) but this is a big, big area. But yes, there are some metres, images, etc. in the Poetic Edda that bear a suspicious resemblance to other very old Indo-European ones, some of them Sanskrit.

[SeadogDriftwood]

@milkau828 I agree - the accenting being represented by rises in pitch in this chant, as in Vedic chanting, reflects an old pitch-based accenting system of speech.

[LiberdadeHedonista]

Wise words!

[sjoelund1]

Havamal is the best, and is still relevant today!

more relevant than the ridicilous bible!

[NYBaller35]

@sjoelund1 there is nothing ridiculous about the bible asshole.

[sjoelund1]

@NYBaller35

No, youre right. It can be used for whiping your ass and warming up the house. My mistake.

[NYBaller35]

@sjoelund1 what do you have against the bible? It seems nordic people seem to equate the catholic church with the bible. Tell me, have you even read the bible?

[Ulfvaldr2012]

@NYBaller35 theirs a lot ridiculous, about the bible, and what kind of christian calls someone an "Asshole"? that in its self is ridiculous and hypocritical.

[NYBaller35]

@Ulfvaldr2012 Show me a scripture you think is ridiculous, and there is nothing in the bible that says I can't call someone an asshole. You clearly haven't read the bible or tried to understand it.

[Ulfvaldr2012]

@NYBaller35 (Matt. 5:22). If one calls another a fool out of sinful hate, then calling someone such a name (or any similar term) is wrong.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment, for it is an old one you have always had, right from the beginning. This commandment – to love one another – is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new. (1 John 2:7-8 NLT) there are many more, do you really want me to keep going?

[NYBaller35]

@Ulfvaldr2012 I'm not calling anyone an asshole out of hate, I just call it as I see it, why are you quoting my bible if you think it's ridiculous? Matt. 5:43, Thou shall love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy. τὸν πλησίον the word translated into neighbor actually means kin, members of your tribe/race. Hate is poison in excess, but to hate your enemy is healthy, just don't let it consume you. I'm not saying you're my enemy but hate is not forbidden in the bible. Personally I don't hate.

[Ulfvaldr2012]

@NYBaller35 oh, I see you calling them asshole out of love, bullshit semantics. I'm qoteing the bible cause you think its the shit, and you people seem to like to violate it, a lot. For example, you are to be "Christ Like", do you really think Jesus would call someone an asshole? So if your god is a god of love, why does teach hate? And could an intelligent person follow something so contradictory?

[Ulfvaldr2012]

@NYBaller35 (Matthew 5:43-47) Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven

[surfkost]

@sjoelund1 open your eyes, a priest would say the same sentence, just with the different point, same would a rabbi, iman, shintô priest or a lonely monk in the tibetan mountains do. A holy man looks at a big pile of crab and tell you something that makes sence. A smart man will tell u the truth: "it stinks".

[fintonomalley]

@surfkost incorrect my friend, if you study hávamál you will find it shares no likeness to the monotheistic stories books. neigh, the words in this text are all true, applicable and relevant to all societies, regardless of customary beliefs and mythical beliefs. upon studying the torah, bible or qur'an you find barely any relevant information, just unfathomable tall-tales and violent insightment against people that dont follow your particular path. tibetans and other buddhists are also different

[timian21]

Hávamál is a group of poems from the book 'Snorra Edda'. They are at least 1000 years old, and have probably begun much earlier, as a part of an oral tradition. The name Hávamál means the words of the high one, the Norse god Óðinn (Othin). In danish - Odin

[andrea2993]

sorry for my ignorance, someone can explain me what is havamal?

[rrvb]

It's the testament of Odin on how a man should live. Also it includes a few basic lessons on Germanic mythology.

[andrea2993]

wow. thank you dude.

[bladestormviking]

thank you. thank you very much for posting this

[Almuric7]

What can you ask? The finest video post for Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson I have yet seen.

Thank you for posting Huldumavur.

Who better to recite the Hávamál in the modern age?

[raulete1985]

Brilliant

thanks for the translation!!!

[Galather0]

What is the melody in the beginning called?

Its so beautiful.

[einherjen]

Great video. Hávamál makes so much sence even now a thousand years later. Hil Odin !!!

[FranzVonStahlberg]

What's the name of the harp-melody in the beginning?

[optimallycka]

är de inte en del gammel Isländska i texterna. good video

[ellickson]

absolutely beautiful video. sveinbjorn knew. he just knew.

[georgpetur]

Thanks for posting!

[Ulfvaldr2012]

This is great, wonderfull!!

[plaasjaapie]

Wow!

[moonravenstrunk]

Absolutely terrific video! Thank you for sharing this!

[oliversinhell3]

Nice vid !