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Old Norse
Original lyrics
Troll Kalla Mik
Troll kalla mik
tungl sjǫtrungnis,
auðsug jǫtuns,
élsólar bǫl,
vilsinn vǫlu,
vǫrð náfjarðar,
hvélsvelg himins –
hvat er troll nema þat?
Troll kalla mik
tungl sjǫtrungnis,
auðsug jǫtuns,
élsólar bǫl,
vilsinn vǫlu,
vǫrð náfjarðar,
hvélsvelg himins –
hvat er troll nema þat?
Skáld kalla mik,
skapsmið Viðurs,
Gauts gjafrǫtuð,
grepp óhneppan,
Yggs ǫlbera.
Skáld kalla mik,
skapsmið Viðurs,
Gauts gjafrǫtuð,
grepp óhneppan,
Yggs ǫlbera.
Óðs skap-Móða,
hagsmið bragar.
Hvats skáld nema þat?
Hvats skáld nema þat?
Hvats skáld nema þat?
Hvats skáld nema þat?
Hvats skáld nema þat?
Hvat er troll nema þat?
Troll kalla mik
tungl sjǫtrungnis,
auðsug jǫtuns,
élsólar bǫl,
vilsinn vǫlu,
vǫrð náfjarðar,
hvélsvelg himins –
hvat er troll nema þat?
Þeir blendu hunangi við blóðit
ok varð þar af mjǫðr sá er hverr
er af drekkr verðr skáld eða frǿðamaðr.
Þeir blendu hunangi við blóðit
ok varð þar af mjǫðr sá er hverr
er af drekkr verðr skáld eða frǿðamaðr.
Þeir blendu hunangi við blóðit
ok varð þar af mjǫðr sá er hverr
er af drekkr verðr skáld eða frǿðamaðr.
Þeir blendu hunangi við blóðit
ok varð þar af mjǫðr sá er hverr
er af drekkr verðr skáld eða frǿðamaðr.
Submitted by 
Kassandra Doria Wolf on 2022-11-18
Kassandra Doria Wolf on 2022-11-18Contributors: 
Icey
IceyEnglish
Translation#1#2
They call me a troll
They call me a troll:
“Moon of Hrungnir’s home”
“Devourer of the giant’s wealth”
“Bale of the stormy sun”
“Pleasing companion of a vǫlva”
“Warden/woman of the grave”
“Swallower of the sun”
What’s a troll, but this?
They call me a troll:
“Moon of Hrungnir’s home”
“Devourer of the giant’s wealth”
“Bale of the stormy sun”
“Pleasing companion of a vǫlva”
“Warden/woman of the grave”
“Swallower of the sun”
What’s a troll, but this?
They call me a poet:
“Smith of Odin’s mind”
“Finder of Odin’s gift”
“Unscanty man”
“Bearer of Odin’s beer”
They call me a poet:
“Smith of Odin’s mind”
“Finder of Odin’s gift”
“Unscanty man”
“Bearer of Odin’s beer”
“Thor of poetry”
“Skilful smith of verses”
What’s a skald, but this?
What’s a skald, but this?
What’s a skald, but this?
What’s a skald, but this?
What’s a skald, but this?
What’s a troll, but this?
They call me a troll:
“Moon of Hrungnir’s home”
“Devourer of the giant’s wealth”
“Bale of the stormy sun”
“Pleasing companion of a vǫlva”
“Warden/woman of the grave”
“Swallower of the sun”
What’s a troll, but this?
They blended honey and blood together
And created that kind of mead which
Makes everyone who drinks it a poet and a wise man.
They blended honey and blood together
And created that kind of mead which
Makes everyone who drinks it a poet and a wise man.
They blended honey and blood together
And created that kind of mead which
Makes everyone who drinks it a poet and a wise man.
They blended honey and blood together
And created that kind of mead which
Makes everyone who drinks it a poet and a wise man.
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