Re: [tied] Re: Swedish? Therion lyrics

Thanks for the reply.

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Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Swedish? Therion lyrics


> --- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> > Fader Ymer drack fran urkon
> > En strom av mjolk som gav oss liv.
> >
> > Oppna gapet i ryndend mitt
> > Floda av blod fran Ymers kropt
> > Varldar skapas utav hans kott
> > Nio (till) antal pa Yggorasil.
> >
> >
> > What language is this? Swedish?
>
> Yeah, It looks like Swedish alright, with some typing mistakes though.
> fran should be från [fro:n]; "from"
> strom, ström (stroem); "stream"
> mjolk, mjölk (mjoelk); milk
> Oppna Should be 'Öppna' (oeppna)= "open" and this is is spoken
> language, so it should really be opened (öppnade is shortened to
> öppna)
>
> Floda ought to be a dialectal(Westswedish perhaps) definite
> form. "the flood" In written swedish it's <floden>
>
>
> ryndend ought to be rymden; "space" ie Ginnungagap
> kropt should probably be kropp; "body"
>
> Varldar, Världar (Vaerldar); "worlds"
> kott, kött (koett); "meat, flesh"
>
> pa, på (paa) [po:]; "on"
> Yggorasil, Yggdrasil, the world tree
>
> So the translation is:
>
> Father Ymer drank from the cow of origin.
> A river of milk that gave us life
>
> (They) opened the mouth in the middle of space.
> The stream of blood from Ymer's body
> Worlds are created from his flesh
> Nine ( as a ) number on Yggdrasil.
>
> I guess the poetic Edda says something anout this too, but e. g.
> in Snorri I read that the sons of Bor took Ymer to the middle of
> Ginnungagap and made the earth from him. His blood became the Sea and
> the lakes, his meat became earth, his bones became mountains etc.
>
> The last line perhaps alludes to Odin hanging nine nights and days in
> Yggdrasil for the runes.
> >
> >
> > It's part of lyrics of "Ginnungagap", song of heavy metal
> band "Therion".
>
> >From what I've read on some wep pages I read that the leading figure
> is Christofer Johnsson which sounds Swedish, and apparently they are
> Swedish:
> http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/artistBio.asp?ctr=98289
> Best wishes
> Anders
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