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Old Norse
Original lyrics
Þistill Mistill Kistill
Ár kváðu ganga,
grænar brautir, dómr stiganda.
Stænn sási es settr æftir þræl, karl, jarl,
folginn liggr, hinns fylgðu,
flestr vissi þat,
mestar dæðir dolga Þrúðar
draugr i þeimsi haugi,
draugr i þeimsi haugi.
Njót vel kumls!
Þistill, mistill, kistill, þistill, mistill, kistill.
Ek setta rúnar rétt.
Þistill, mistill, kistill, þistill, mistill, kistill.
Ár kváðu ganga,
grænar brautir, dómr stiganda.
Stænn sási es settr æftir þræl, karl, jarl,
folginn liggr, hinns fylgðu,
flestr vissi þat,
mestar dæðir dolga Þrúðar
draugr i þeimsi haugi,
draugr i þeimsi haugi.
Njót vel kumls!
Þistill, mistill, kistill, þistill, mistill, kistill.
Ek setta rúnar rétt.
Þistill, mistill, kistill, þistill, mistill, kistill.
Deyr fé, deyja frændr,
deyr sjálfr it sama,
ek veit einn at aldri deyr:
dómr um dauðan hvern.
konradkr
IceyEnglish
Translation
Thistle, mistletoe, little chest
It's said there once walked
along green ways judgement striding.
This stone is placed in memory of þræll, Karl, Jarl
He lies concealed,
he who was followed
by the greatest deeds (most men knew that),
Þrudr's warrior of battles,
in this mound;
Make good use of the monument!
Thistle, mistletoe, little chest, thistle, mistletoe, little chest.
i set the runes right.
Thistle, mistletoe, little chest, thistle, mistletoe, little chest.
It's said there once walked
along green ways judgement striding.
This stone is placed in memory of þræll, Karl, Jarl
He lies concealed,
he who was followed
by the greatest deeds (most men knew that),
Þrudr's warrior of battles,
in this mound;
Make good use of the monument!
Thistle, mistletoe, little chest, thistle, mistletoe, little chest.
i set the runes right.
Thistle, mistletoe, little chest, thistle, mistletoe, little chest.
Cattle die kinsmen die,
the self dies too,
I know one thing that never dies:
judgement on each one dead.
alla_färger✕
Comments
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About translator
Words from the refrain are from runic inscription DR239.
"þistill, mistill, kistill" can be translated as: thistle, mistletoe, little chest. It is probably somekind of a runic spell written as þmk:iii:sss:ttt:iii:lll.
"njót vel kumls" can be roughly translated as: make a good use of a monument/shrine.
"ek setta rúnar rétt" means: I have placed the runes rightly.
"þræll, Karl, Jarl" are three "castes" of Viking age Scandinavia. þræll were slaves, Karl the freemen and Jarl the noblemen.