Heilung - Norupo (English translation #3)

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Heilung – Norupo

English translation

Old Norse, Proto-Norse

Original lyrics

Norupo

Fé vældr frænda róge;

fóðesk ulfr í skóge.

Úr er af illu jarne;

opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.

Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu;

kátr værðr fár af illu.

Óss er flæstra færða

för; en skalpr er sværða.

Ræið kvæða rossom væsta;

Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

Kaun er barna bölvan;

böl gørver mánn fölvan.

Hagall er kaldastr korna;

Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.

Nauðr gerer næppa koste;

nøktan kælr í froste.

Unja, runo, segun

Fahi, gali, raginakundo

Ís köllum brú bræiða;

blindan þarf at læiða.

Ár er gumna góðe;

get ek at örr var Fróðe.

Sól er landa ljóme;

lúti ek helgum dóme.

Týr er æinendr ása;

opt værðr smiðr at blása.

Unja, runo, segun

Fahi, gali, raginakundo

Bjarkan er lavgrønstr líma;

Loki bar flærðar tíma.

Maðr er moldar auki;

mikil er græip á hauki.

Lögr er, er fællr ór fjalle

foss; en gull ero nosser.

Ýr er vetrgrønstr víða;

vant er, er brennr, at svíða.

Unja:
KJ166 Fibula A, a brooch from Bezenye, Hungary, 510–590

Krause (1966:300) tentatively read as unja; the a is uncertain. Krause supposed unja to be miswritten for wunja n/asf. j'-stem, "Wonne" = ‘joy'.

Source: p.134, Looijenga, J. H. (1997). Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700; texts & contexts. s.n.
segun:
KJ166 Fibula B, a brooch from Bezenye, Hungary, 510–590

segun = OHG segun, nsm. a- stem, ‘bless', which points to Christian influence (Düwel 1982:40).

Source: p.134, Looijenga, J. H. (1997). Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700; texts & contexts. s.n.
runo:
Vg 63 Noleby Runestone, aka Fyrunga Runestone. https://app.raa.se/open/runor/inscription?id=baecb01e-774c-4e80-92c2-68b4165244ca
Fahi / raginakundo:
Vg 63 Noleby Runestone, aka Fyrunga Runestone. Source

Submitted by

MagnusThePagan on 2019-04-03

Contributors:

Icey,

florazina,

Floppylou

Submitter's comments:

The lyrics are based on the Norwegian Rune Poem. If you know what say Kai Uwe Faust in his part, don't dude to message me.

English

Translation#1 #2#3

Norupo

Wealth cause dispute among friends;

the wolf lives in the forest

Slag comes from bad iron

the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

Giant causes women's sorrow;

few are cheerful from misfortune

River mouth is way of most journeys;

but the sheath is the one of swords

Riding, one says, is for horses the worst;

Regin forged the best sword

Ulcer is fatal for children;

death makes man pale

Hail is the coldest of grain;

Herjan shaped the world in olden times

Need leaves you little choice;

the naked freeze in the frost

[MALE VOICE]

Ice we call the broad bridge;

the blind man must be led

Good year is a blessing for men;

I say that Frodi was generous

Sun is light of the land

I bow before the holy

Tyr is one-handed among the Æsir;

often the smith must blow

[MALE VOICE]

Birch is the limb greenest with leaves;

Loki brought success of deceit

Man is increase of soil;

mighty is the hawk's claw

Water is what falls from the mountain;

but of gold are the jewels

Yew is the greenest tree in winter;

it often singes when it burns

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