Windir — 1184 song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "1184" by Windir.
Lyrics
Sumaren elleve hundre og åttifira gjekk kong Sverre til harde motåtgjerder,
Drapi på han Ivar Dape med prest og følgje fekk hate større,
Det største slaget i borgarkrigen skulle no trast finna stad,
Horder av menn i brynjer med sverd ville enda opp i mannadrap,
Ingen ante at bragdi hans Arntor kunne slike følgje få,
Ved Hagastrondi på Fimreite låg Sverre sin flåte på fjortan skip,
Med mål å ramma Sogndal bygd, kvar ein gard skulle brennast ned,
Krigaren Arntor gjekk viljugt i strid for å sikra hans ætt evig grid,
Gudane ved hans side og han Magnus med hær og skip,
Utan sidestykkje, eit voldsomt mannadrap,
ein eim av daud, fjorden raud, svart, svart slag,
Blodhemn rådde millom Magnus og Kong Sverre,
Deira strid om Noreg si trone enda med Magnus sitt fall med tvo tusen mann,
Svikaren Sverre slost ikkje han, so i tøs han iakttok slaget frå land,
Krigaren Arntor gjekk viljugt i strid kom alder attende døydde for grid,
Dag lei mot kveld, ætti fekk vita,
Arntor såg gudane so ein ekta windir,
For å sikra hans ætt evig grid må krigaren gå viljugt i strid.
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Lyrics translation
The Sumar of eleven hundred and eighty-nine King Sverre went to hard counter-fences,
Drapi on he Ivar Dape with Priest and follower got hate bigger,
The biggest battle in the borgar war was to find a city,
Hordes of men in brows with swords would even up in mannadrap,
No one had an idea that his accomplishment Arntor could have such consequences,
At Hagastrondi on Fimreite, Sverre lay its fleet of fourtan ships,
With the goal to frame Sogndal village, every farm should be burned down,
The warrior Arntor went strong-willed in battle to secure his seed eternal grid,
The gods by his side and he Magnus with army and ships,
Without sidewalk, a violent man's address,
a whiff of daud, fjord red, black, black blow,
Blodhemn advised among Magnus and King Sverre,
Their battle for Norway's throne even with Magnus's fall with two thousand men,
The deceiver did not lose him, so he kept the battle from the land,
The warrior Arntor went strong-willed in battle came age eighteenth died for grid,
Day bored towards evening, seed got vita,
Arntor saw the gods so ein ekta windir,
In order to secure his seed eternal grid, the warrior must go wildly into battle.
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