Orkvigga (Path to Underworld)

Adaptation of Helvegen by Vardruna in Kyrsk
Kyrsk | Norsk | Anglisk |
|---|---|---|
Ky vår kana på meg Jeg knamnene kveisav Øvn gnår jeg, Tjorin Ky vår kana på meg Måttredve på døggakadd At tu kård orkånen står Svelvas tev deg æpande vikklen | Kven skal synge meg? Eg songane søkte Alt veit eg Odin Kven skal synge meg Årle ell i dagars hell Når du ved helgrindi står Du blir løyst frå banda som bind deg | Who will sing me I sought the songs I know it all, Odin, Who will sing me Early or in fading day When you stand by the gate of Hel You will be free from the bonds that bind you |
Notes:
There is no way to get a table that isn't 3x3 right now, so eh...
Orcus was an Italic equivalent of Hell.
The name Tjorin name is cognate to Latin Furor in the sense "furor poeticus" - "petic madness", which is what Odin's name means in Old Norse.
Valfather - Father of the Slain - is translated as Lætapar, where "læt" is a cognate of the Latin letum - "violent death".
Gjallarbru is the bridge over the mythical river Gjöll, which name is, in turn, a cognate of English "yell" and the "-gale" part in "nightingale". The closest Italic cognate is the Latin verb clamo, which yields Klamm as the river's name-