MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - Trailer
This is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here: <a href="http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en" target="_blank">http://www.hannamarti.com/moirai-en</a>
Hanna Marti
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Hanna Marti<br />published via YouTube.com
2017-01-10T21:57:08.000Z
Hanna Marti
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YouTube Video
Old Norse
English
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryB8Oi2mW6k
Modern
Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources
Old Norse Literature
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
Anonymous contributor
Private Collection
World-Tree Project
2016
Anonymous
CC BY NC
docx
English
Text
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2529
Old Norse
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (the curse)
Poetry - Performance
A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. This extract is from the curse (sts 24-28).
Postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June
Tom Birkett
(c) ONPIP
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2167
Oxford
Modern
Dramatic Reading of 'Skírnismál' (opening lines)
Poetry - Performance
A performance of the Eddic poem 'Skírnismál' by postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford, during the Old Norse Poetry in Performance (ONPIP) Conference at Somerville College, Friday 24 June. These are the opening lines.
Postgraduates of the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford
The World-Tree Project
Friday 24 June
Tom Birkett
(c) ONPIP
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2166
Modern
Oxford
Performance of extract from Atlakviða by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia
Eddic Poetry - Performance
<span>A short extract from a performance of the Eddic poem <em>Atlakviða </em>(sts. 15, 16 and 18)<em> </em></span><span>by Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised by </span><span>Annemari Ferreira and Brian John McMahon</span><span>. For more information about Sequentia, please visit the website at </span><a href="http://www.sequentia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby
Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference
The World-Tree Project
June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Hanna Marti and Benjamin Bagby
<a href="http://www.sequentia.org/">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2154
Oxford
Modern
Performance of the opening strophe of 'Vǫluspá' by Hanna Marti
Eddic Poetry - Performance
The opening stanza of a performance of the Eddic poem <em>Vǫluspá</em> by Hanna Marti of Sequentia, at the 'Old Norse Poetry in Performance' Conference in Oxford, Friday, 24 June organised by <span>Annemari Ferreira and Brian John McMahon</span>. For more information about Sequentia, please visit the website at <a href="http://www.sequentia.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
Hanna Marti
Old Norse Poetry in Performance Conference
The World-Tree Project
June 2016
Tom Birkett
(c) Hanna Marti
<a href="http://www.sequentia.org/">http://www.sequentia.org/</a>
<a href="http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme">http://www.oldnorsepoetryinperformance.com/programme</a>
MP4
Old Norse
Moving Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2153
Oxford
Modern
Performance: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir)
Performance - Poetry
Hrafnagaldur Óðins is a late-medieval or early modern Icelandic Eddic-style poem, which was considered by early editors to be part of the Eddic corpus.
According to the performer, Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir, who chants the poem in the original:
"Hrafnagaldur (Ravens’ spell) is a problem-child in the family of the olden surviving poems in Icelandic. It was even omitted from editions of Edda-poems for a long time. It is in Icelandic OK; we understand every word, name, heiti, and kenning, but somehow a heilabrjótur (brain-cracker), as we seem to find no story or message in it as whole. Even the very name, Hrafnagaldur Óðins is misleading, as it seems not to be in any context with the many little dramatic and interesting events compiled herein.
MY VERSION HERE
Here, Harfnagaldur is chanted in the old tradition of kveða rímur and þulur and kvæði (ríma, þula, kvæði). I composed a stemma to go with Hrafnagaldur. This art was still a living folk entertainment when I was a kid. I loved to stay on farms in the country-side during summer. Old people there, were willing to teach all the olden customs to a curious little city-girl. That is why I know how to hand-milk cows and spin a thread from sheep-wool. Those poems (--long as some of them are--) were recited learned by heart. I have Hrafnagaldur for you (typed in Latin alphabet letters) if you would, so, be able to make something really substantial out of it."
Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
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Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir<br />published via YouTube.com
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Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir
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YouTube Video
Icelandic
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4hx120t8vY
Iceland
Modern
Adelsö by Justin Quinn: a poem in The New Yorker
Poetry
This is a link to a the poem Adelsö, by Justin Quinn, which was printed in the 22 August 2016 edition of The New Yorker magazine. It uses Norse mythology to talk about climate change.
Justin Quinn
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
22/08/2016
Hannah Bailey
Condé Nast
Justin Quinn
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/adelso-by-justin-quinn
21st century, Adelsö, Sweden, Modern
Blog: The Battle of Maldon
Blog
Eleanor Parker discusses the Old English poem 'The Battle of Maldon'. The poem describes a battle that is also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and which the Vikings won. Olaf Tryggvason may have been present at this battle, as some traditions have it.
Eleanor Parker
http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/
Eleanor Parker
10/08/2014
Administrator
Eleanor Parker
http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/
Hyperlink
English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Hyperlink
http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/2014/08/the-battle-of-maldon.html
Viking Age, Maldon, England, 991 AD
Performance of the Battle of Maldon by Leofwin
Poetry Performance
A Viking Army under Olaf Trygvasson had been raiding the eastern and southern coast of England in the summer of 991AD unmolested until Byrhtnoth, with the men of Essex, cornered it on Northey Island, near Maldon in August. The two armies faced each other across a narrow stretch of water, until, with the receding tide, Byrhtnoth invited the Vikings across to the mainland to do battle.
Byrhtnoth was killed, the English were defeated, and the Vikings began their infamous practice of demanding protection money, or 'Danegeld'. Byrhtnoth's bodyguard, however, stood fast among the wreckage of the army, and died to a man defending their fallen leader.
A poem was composed very shortly afterwards commemorating the heroic defeat, and the extract recited in the video evokes Byrhtnoth's response to the Vikings' demand for money. It was filmed at the causeway where the Vikings crossed to the mainland in 991
Leofwin
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Leofwin2010<br />published via YouTube.com
2012-11-22T21:45:22.000Z
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YouTube video
Old English
Moving Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Am85B550Jc
England
Modern
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry
Thesis
Schorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.
Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).
B. E. Schorn
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B. E. Schorn
10/01/2012
Administrator
B. E. Schorn
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
pdf
English
Old Norse
Hyperlink
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/241661
Medieval
Erfidrápa Óláfs helga (‘Memorial drápa for Óláfr inn helgi (S. Óláfr)’)
Poetry
This memorial poem for St Olaf was composed by Sigvatr Þórðarson. The hyperlink takes you to the Skaldic Poetry project where the text is available in Old Norse and in English.
Judith Jesch
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?if=default&table=home
Skaldic Project Academic Body
29/07/2016
Administrator
Skaldic Project Academic Body
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?if=default&table=home
Hyperlink
English
Old Norse
Hyperlink
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?id=1353&if=default&table=text&val=edition
Medieval, Viking Age
The Old Lay of Biarki
Poetry
This is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.
Unknown
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
John Bruno Hare
29/07/2016
Administrator
John Bruno Hare
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/onp/onp03.htm
Medieval
Bjarkamál in fornu
Poetry
The poem Bjarkamál in fornu in Old Norse, Danish and Swedish.
GUÐNI JÓNSSON
BJARNI VILHJÁLMSSON
http://heimskringla.no/
http://heimskringla.no/
29/07/2016
Administrator
http://heimskringla.no/
http://heimskringla.no/
Hyperlink
Old Norse
Dansk
Svensk
Danish
Swedish
Norrønt
Hyperlink
http://heimskringla.no/wiki/Bjarkam%C3%A1l_in_fornu
Medieval
Wiki: Heimskringla
Wiki
Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.
Heimskringla er en online samling af nordiske kildetekster.
Carsten Lyngdrup Madsen
Jesper Lauridsen
Jon Julius Sandal
http://heimskringla.no/
http://heimskringla.no/
06/07/2016
Administrator
Heimskringla
http://heimskringla.no/
Website
English
Engelsk
Dansk
Danish
Norsk
Norwegian
Svensk
Swedish
Islandsk
Icelandic
Færøysk
Faeroese
Old Norse
Norrøn
Website
http://heimskringla.no/
Medieval, Modern
Triquetra - Illuminating York 2013 - Clifford’s Tower (Hyperlink)
Performance
The history of three Viking kings (Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great) told using sound and video projection mapping as a Son et Lumiere for Illuminating York 2013.
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these links:
bit.ly/Twb3RU
bit.ly/1qqI1Ss
Readers: (in alphabetical order)
Old English speakers:
Annis Cordy. M.A. Student, University of York
Dr Rebecca Fisher, University of Warwick
James Lloyd, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Prof. Peter Lucas, University of Cambridge
Christine Wallis, PhD Student, University of Sheffield
Latin speaker:
James Lloyd, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Old Norse/Icelandic speakers:
David Baker, PhD Student, University of Cambridge
Dale Kedwards, PhD student, University of York
Filip Missuno, PhD Student, University of York
Mr. Thorbjorn Orri Tomasson - University of Cambridge
Dr Matthew Townend, University of York
Pragya Vohra, University of Aberystwyth
Special thanks to:
Dr Eleanor Barraclough, University of Durham for her great support of the project.
Dr Matthew Townend
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
The National Centre for Early Music, York
BBC Radio 3
All those throughout history involved in discovering, preserving and sharing the literature, history & heritage of the Anglo-Saxon & Viking history periods. Without the years of work that they did, this piece would not have been possible.
(Description replicated from https://vimeo.com/78942896)
Projection Artist and Designer Ross Ashton
https://vimeo.com/78942896
Vimeo
2013
Admin
(c) Vimeo user Ross Ashton
https://vimeo.com/78942896
Vimeo Video
English
Old Norse
Moving Image
https://vimeo.com/78942896
England
Modern
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Project
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking Age/medieval poetic practice.
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/resources/mpvp/
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/
2013
Administrator
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/
Website
English
Website
http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/resources/mpvp/
Modern, medieval, Viking Age
Voluspa 1-4 Poetic Edda Recital in Old Norse with Throat Singing
Performance
Recital in Old Norse from the original Edda text, Voluspa (The Sibyls Prophecy or Divination of the Witch), a Heathen, Viking Age, Old Norse Poem on Creation, recorded in writing during the 12th Century A.D. (See below for English translation)
ENGLISH TEXT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7OYlImQvg&feature=youtu.be
Recital and roaring (throat singing, kargyraa style) by Maria Kvilhaug, Author of The Seed of Yggdrasill, http://freya.theladyofthelabyrinth.com
Recorded and raw-mixed by Roch Nunes
Photos and video by Maria Kvilhaug
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF TEXT:
Attention I demand from all
the sacred families;
greater and lesser
children of Great World;
You want me, Choice Father
to give a good account
of the most ancient tales
that which I remember best.
I remember giants
born before time
those who in the olden days
had me fostered
Nine worlds I remember
Nine Witches Within Wood
Before the Mead-Tree
sprouted from the ground below
In the beginning was the Wave
where Sound built
was neither sand nor sea,
nor cool little waves
Earth was not,
nor heaven above
The Open Mouth of the
Sacred Descendants was
yet no growth
Before the sons of Storage Chamber
lifted up the lands
they who shaped
the precious Middle World
Sun shone from the south
on the rocks of the hall [=Earth]
then the Earth began to grow
the green plants
Maria Kvilhaug
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Ladyofthe Labyrinth<br />published via YouTube.com
18/01/2014
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YouTube video
Old Norse
MovingImage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJfxlkaELWg
Viking Age, Modern
Völuspá by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson
Poetic Edda
This is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly translated as "high priest") of Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið (Æsir Faith Fellowship) from 1972-1993.
Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress) is one of the major sources for Norse mythology. It tells of the creation of the world, of the wars of the Norse gods, of the creation of humanity and the destruction of the world at Ragnarök (Doom of the Powers).
Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried
http://YouTube.com
NorseTube<br />published via YouTube.com
19/11/2012
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisBERxHJ6g
Youtube Video
Old Norse, English
Youtube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisBERxHJ6g
Iceland, Medieval
Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies
Essay - Reception
People once thought that Vikings drank from the skulls of their enemies. This is a misunderstanding of <a href="https://notendur.hi.is/eybjorn/ugm/skindex/krml.html" target="_blank"><em>Krákumál</em></a> 25 where it states: 'drekkum bjór af bragði ór bjúgviðum hausa' 'drink beer at once from the curved branches of skulls'. 'Curved branches of skulls' is a kenning meaning 'a horn' but was translated by Ole Worm in <a href="https://archive.org/details/runirinrunicchar00worm" target="_blank"><em>Runir seu Danica Literatura Antiqvissima</em></a> (1651, p. 203) as: 'Sperabant Heroes se in aula Othini bibituros ex craniis eorum qvos occiderant' 'The heroes hoped to drink in Odin's hall from the skulls of those they had killed'.
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Archive.org
notendur.is
Administrator
05/04/2016
Administrator
(c) The World Tree Project
Website
English, Latin, Old Norse
Text
17th century, modern, Viking Age, medieval