From: Christine dfdfdfggg
Message: 3030
Date: 2003-04-21
>From: "Mircea P." <mircea@...>_________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
>To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [norse_course] An unknown language ....
>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 23:09:58 +0200
>
>Hello!
>I'm an Italian student and I'm learning Old Norse since the beginning of
>may...
>I started while I was trying to understand some lyrics from a song,
>thinking
>that they were in Old Norse... but now that I've learnt a little, it seems
>to me that that language was not really Old Norse... so now I'm really
>curious about theese mysterious songs and I wonder if there is anybody able
>to recognise what language I was dealing with.
>Here are the lyrics (there may be some errors, but not too many):
>
>I Troldskog Faren Vild
>
>De ventede T�sens Hiemkomst
>Hun vaer i m�rck Skog faren vild
>Sneens Tepper hafde bredet sig hen
>Paa Stien hiem - hendes eeneste Ven
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>Om hun bare kunde
>Folge Stiernernes Baner
>Ey hun skulde vildfare
>Blandt disse m�rcke Graner
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>Skogens m�rcke Arme forbarmede sig ofver dend fremmede Gi�st
>Giorde hende vaer i siine inderste Tankers Veemod
>At i Bergekongens Kammer t�rstes efter Christenblod
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>[De Underjordiske:]
>"Det n�rmer sig stille: Een s�rgekl�st Pige
>Sidder derinde med foldede H�nder
>Hun sender een B�n til det himmeldske Rige"
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>Ofver hendes Hode
>Det drybber fra Qviist
>Draabe for Draabe som Blodet
>Fra Kroppen til Jesu Christ
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>[Pigen:]
>"Aa, eismal i ein uggin Skog
>Eg kjenn at i Kveld
>I Kveld tenkjer ingen paa meg"
>
>I apologize if I'm a little bit off-topic, and I thank really a lot to
>anynone that can help me!!
>Bye!
>Mircea.
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