Hello,
Well, this is very much like one of those old
folk songs or ballads. I do not think Norwegian
since the language differed there. (The Norwegians
did not use Danish when they sang their folk songs,
but rather the various Norwegian dialects)
So my guess is that it is from Grundtvig's famous collection
of Danish folk songs. But i am only saying that because
it is the first name that springs to mind, and because his is
the most well known and most comprehensive.
If you have access to a university library, please
look for these books:
"Danmarks gamle folkeviser / efter forarbejder af Svend Grundtvig.
author, editor: Grundtvig, Svend
Printed in Copenhagen : Selskabet til den danske Literaturs Fremme ;
København : Otto B. Wroblewskis Boghandel ; København : Gyldendalske
Boghandel ; København : J. H. Schultz ; København : Universitets-
Jubilæets danske Fond, 1853-1958.
10 volumes in 12.
If you search for "folkeviser" or "ballader" on the net
you might also find lists of titles of folk songs.
You might find your "Ballad of the Girl who was lost
in the Troll-forrest" there.
Xigung
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norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Christine dfdfdfggg"
<CH_OK@...> wrote:
> Hi!
> It seems to me to be either danish or norwegian the way they wrote
before
> 1900. Do you know the writer? Anyway, 19th century norwegian was
practicly
> danish, so it is danish.
>
> Christine
>
>
> >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 Tøsens Hiemkomst
> >Hun vaer i mørck Skog faren vild
> >Sneens Tepper hafde bredet sig hen
> >Paa Stien hiem - hendes eeneste Ven
> >
> >Om hun bare kunde
> >Folge Stiernernes Baner
> >Ey hun skulde vildfare
> >Blandt disse mørcke Graner
> >
> >Skogens mørcke Arme forbarmede sig ofver dend fremmede Giæst
> >Giorde hende vaer i siine inderste Tankers Veemod
> >At i Bergekongens Kammer tørstes efter Christenblod
> >
> >[De Underjordiske:]
> >"Det nærmer sig stille: Een sørgeklæst Pige
> >Sidder derinde med foldede Hænder
> >Hun sender een Bøn til det himmeldske Rige"
> >
> >Ofver hendes Hode
> >Det drybber fra Qviist
> >Draabe for Draabe som Blodet
> >Fra Kroppen til Jesu Christ
> >
> >[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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >