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Written by Kristel Catterton
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:53 |
Note: This translation has been graciously provided by Uni Johannesen.
Sigmund’s Heroic Ballad (younger)
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In the Faroe Islands there lived two chiefs,
Who were called Tróndur and... |
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Written by Kristel Catterton
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:43 |
Note: I wanted to do a side-by-side translation, but have not figured out how to do html tables in this editor. As soon as I do, I will condense this material into a more readable format.
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Í Føroyum búðu høvdingar tveir,
Tróndur og Sigmundur itu teir.
Noregs menn! Dansið væl í stillum;
Stilli tykkum allar,
Riddarar, Noregs menn!
Dansið væl í stillum.
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Sigmundur búði Skúvoy á,
Tróndur búði við Gøtuvág.
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So grammur var Tróndur, hann hugsar... |
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Written by Kristel Catterton
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:02 |
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Very few documents exist from the previous millenium, therefore little is known about the history of the Faroe Islands prior to the second World War (at which point they were being used as a NATO base). Documents that do exist, however, are chain songs. Chain songs are ballads, which are defined as ”. . . a poem meant for singing, quite impersonal in manner, narrative in material, probably connect in its origins with the communal dance, but submitted to a process of oral tradition among... |
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