It's at times like this I wish I remembered what my mother said to
me. Failing that, hear what Egill Skallagrímsson's mother said to him
[ http://www.heimskringla.no/islandsk/mp3/index.php ]. Just ever so
slightly creepy ;) <---but with bigger madder eyes. You've been
warned.

Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á braut með víkingum,
standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
höggva mann ok annan.

My mother said that a ship and many oars should be bought for me to
go off with vikings, stand up in the prow, steer a fine vessel, set
sail for harbour, hew one man after another.