Hi Thora/rune/Tara,

Faroese: it's the Ballad of Regin the Smith, based on the Volsung
legend. This video sparked the suitably enthusiastic recent
thread "Viking Heavy Metal" on the Germanic-L group. The following
links were mentioned where you can read the words of the original
ballad, of which the song is an abridged version. The first one
also has a translation:

http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/~kyamazak/myth/faroese/regin-
hammershaimb-fe.htm

http://www.tjatsi.fo/show.php?
sprog=5144b84d6c79ae59d7c8fccde1946e9e&side=7a17bc07e0ccd8ad879e27994
0f19548

Main site with lots of Faroese ballads and other cool stuff:
http://www.tjatsi.fo

If those longer URLs don't work (due to the wraparound of the long
lines), try pasting each line separately, or:

http://larslink.notlong.com
http://llamalink.notlong.com


Llama Nom

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, rune@... wrote:
>
> I really hate to ask this but I was sent this link and have been
trying to find out where it originated from and what the sung
language is. I asked an icelandic friend and he said it is not
icelandic and might be Faroes Island. Double checked with a
norweigian and was also told not norweigian, swedish or danish. So
those are the ones I know it is not. Any ideas or even a
translation of what he is singing about?
> Just a note
> A little blood-stirring video. Don't click on it unless you have
DDL - it's
> 6.09 minutes of playtime.
>
> http://www.tyr.net/video/reginhq.WMV
>
> Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thora/rune/Tara