Reading Håvamål in norse with Norwegian accent

Me reading the first lines of Håvamål, in old-norse with a Norwegian accent.

The text is:

Gáttir allar,
áðr gangi fram,
um skoðask skyli,
um skyggnast skyli,
því at óvíst er at vita,
hvar óvinir
sitja á fleti fyrir.

English:

All door-ways,
before going forward,
should be looked to;
for difficult it is to know
where foes may sit
within a dwelling.

Norwegian:

Augo du bruke
fyrr inn du gjeng,
i kot og i kråom,
i kot og i krokom.
For d'er uvist å vita
kvar uvener sit
fyre din fot.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Norse
• håvamål
• havamal
• Norwegian
• accent
• reading
• viking
• norse
• odin
• mythology

[ProphetCassandra]

what is "Håvamål"? it has a beautiful meaning.. and by the way, you have deeper voice than i imagined.. :-) Well said!

[Vikingskog]

Håvamål is Odins speech. Its like a collection of guidelines of how you should live/act,Wise words sort of.

It was written down about 900years ago :)

And thanks ^^

[zitschy]

Oh please read the full Håvamål for us.

Your voice is wonderful.

Good words to live by.

[sgnewa]

Great I am from Iceland and it was no problem to understand you

[taxi911]

Ever considered going to Hollywood and doing narrations for the trailers? You could totally do it!

[TheJtjensen]

utroligt jeg fatter faktisk en del af det, det var meget interasant at høre og med teksten kan man faktisk forstå når man har hørt det et par gange,,,for det er uvist at vide hvor uvenner sider flere ....tak har aldrig før hørt om denne skrift. med venlig hilsen en fra danemark

[Varghalur]

sounded a lot more like icelandic than I thought^^