Atlakviða

This is a song in Old Norse.
I've never ever spoken any such language so I don't really know is my pronunciation any good. Anyway, I hope you will still enjoy.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Old
• Norse
• vikings
• Lord
• of
• the
• Rings
• Boromir
• Grima
• Gospodar
• prstenova
• Stari
• Norveški
• Vikinzi

[vefur]

It is nice to see that you care for Atlakviða. I have seen the old Norwegian and it is quite easy for us the Icelanders to understand so I think it would also be easy for us to understand when is was spoken. I did understand some of what you did say. I know some people that live in Nord Norway and if they speak slowly we understand. It is the same for the Faroe Islanders, we understand them. Nice job / Flott hjá þér ;o)

[MelodxKay]

@vefur Thank you for your comment. I am really from Croatia so I know what you're talking about because when I talk to people from Slovenia it is the same thing. Our languages are quite alike and if they don't talk to fast it is possible for me to understand them. I really like old Norwegian language. Not really sure if I sounded right talking it though but som people said that they could understand it, so am happy about that. Thank you again.

[xDGiulianoxD]

Why to put LOTR images if you are speaking Old Norse?

[MelodxKay]

It is an interesting question. Somehow these pictures were the first thing I thought of when I heard this poem for the first time and they got stuck in my head. The pictures have nothing to do with the language really, or the culture of the language. It's what you'd call artistic freedom. In this case these images represent something different from what they do in the movie. It's got less to do with LOTR and more to do with the way those little cogs work in my head.

[samaelmagnus]

@xDGiulianoxD, sorry for repeating my post, wanted you to have it as well. actually there are many elements of norse mythology in LOTR, starting with the very name Middle - Earth (Midgard) and also the fact that there are elves, dwarves, trolls, etc, which only became part of popular fantasy after they were mentioned in Lotr(i think). There is even mention of Yggdrasil (the world tree) if i'm not mistaken. So there you go, images of Lotr put to a norse song is not that weird

[MelodxKay]

@samaelmagnus

Thank you for understanding. I would reply sooner but I didn't have internet connection for a few months up until now.

[xDGiulianoxD]

@samaelmagnus Yes, I see. Well actually I don't know why I posted the first question anyways, as I am a great Tolkien fan... haha, I think I was out of my mind. Well thank you for your replies anyways! Peace.

[samaelmagnus]

@MelodxKay, actually there are many elements of norse mythology in LOTR, starting with the very name Middle - Earth (Midgard) and also the fact that there are elves, dwarves, trolls, etc, which only became part of popular fantasy after they were mentioned in Lotr(i think). There is even mention of Yggdrasil (the world tree) if i'm not mistaken. So there you go, images of Lotr put to a norse song is not that weird

[pilotbutterfly]

@ShirayuriSky It's an Old norse poem.. which means it's Norwegian

[Norsekjr]

I do understand some of it, though it sounds like norwegian or swedish to me, and I'm danish

[Norsekjr]

you could say it has something to do with it, according to norse beliefs we live in midgard, in english middle-earth, and elves, dwarves and dragons are a big part of norse beliefs as well.

[rigstula]

@Daermun It most definitely is not. It is Old Norse, but perhaps with a rather lacking pronouncation.

How do I know this? I am Norwegian, that's how.