Norse Poetry 2a.: Ljóðaháttr and Galdralag

[@Altonahk]

I tried my hand at Galdrlag In times of worry, minds troubled by stress, my head is harmonious, patient and peaceful, crystal as Clear-Quartz.

[@Tina06019]

The bit at 14:41when you had the written poem up on the screen, with the emphasized syllables in red, was particularly useful.

[@squirrel435]

I like these new in-depth videos but I’m glad the original hasn’t been deleted.

[@VanaheimrUllr]

Thank you for these, drengr Crawford. Its gold for us skalder

[@oneukum]

Do we have any idea how these poems were performed? In a chant or actually sung? Any instrumental aid to the music?

[@driphella4080]

This is fascinating. I'm so used to listening for rhyme but for one reason or another this made listening for aliteration and stresses(lifts) start to seem more intuitive. The discusson of lifts in particular really help give the whole concept structure. Of course there's still the language barrier, lol

[@ulrikschackmeyer848]

What does 'ljodahattr' mean? I as because we have a Danish noble family in the 14 th century called Lodehat, which is a mystery to me.

[@Clemeaux_]

This is absolutely fantastic man. Such a fascinating language. So foreign yet similar. These poems have such a mystical sound to them. I really wonder how many of them would speak in alliteration often, obviously you have to be pretty skilled to do so.

[@myvikingmom6218]

Rufus humming birds are a favourite of mine too.

[@rzaba1152]

I love the background view, I'm very jealous :c

[@christopherrowley7506]

Any good sources for this kind of information? I can't exactly cite a youtube video haha

[@RenanL.S.]

When a cowboy travels in time to the viking age and becomes a poet.

[@martialartsnerd3253]

Will you be continuing this series with different meters?

[@tracieh215]

It kinda-sorta reminds me of haiku, in a weird way.

[@aegirkarl1411]

Í think you are right, it is quite sparse and simple ilke haiku.

[@jellosapiens7261]

Does Ljódaháttr or Galdralag care about light vs. heavy syllables at all?

[@leandromol]

Awesome.

[@russelljenkinsfearn]

The beautiful fiddle at the end is "I see Hawks" I guess, but which track ?

[@faramund9865]

"As well as some scenes from some sagas that shed some light on his character". That's a lot of "s" in a sentence!

[@EkErilaz]

I was just trying to read up on this the other day (read what Snorri and Erik Brate had to say about it), so very timely. The first part reminds me a bit of the scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail though, when they are about to use the Holy Hand grenade ;-)

[@gardenhead92]

Were the warriors themselves composing poetry, or were there specialized poets?

[@ericward8459]

I think it was both. Warriors we're known to compose their own death songs. Skalds sung most everything else

[@andreasjansen1678]

I have been trying to find how skoll and hati are spelled in grimnismal but cannot seem to find a good source for this. Can anyone help with this?

[@nkhtn663]

Yes, Dr. Crawford has a whole series where he reads through and explains the Old Norse of various eddic poems, and Grímnismál is one he has done, including stanza 39 (which should have the mention you're looking for). The Old Norse (from the Codex Regius manuscript) and Dr. Crawford's transliteration of the verse should be on the screen as he explains it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bau3fodql8uBfLsm59s

[@andreasjansen1678]

@@nkhtn663 thank you so much.

[@duwang8499]

I don't know if someone allready asked this. But could you with your knowledge on North Germanic langauges make a video about the influence that Old Saxon/Middle Low German had on the Scandinavian Languages via the Hanseatic trade and other influences? Many people just don't realize how much we changed the Scandinavian languages.

[@SolPhoebusApollo]

Nice timelapse of the sunset at the end!

[@dopaminn585]

Hi! Is there anyone here that can help me translate ”what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” to old Norse? Would really appreciate it. Thanks

[@OBXDewey]

Norse haiku?

[@thebrownhound1343]

Sigrdrífumál Heill Dagr heilir Dags synir Heil Nótt ok Nipt Óreiðum Augum Lítið okkr þinig Ok gefið sitjöndum sigr Heilir Æsir heilar Ásynjur heil sjá in fjölnýta fold mál ok mannvit gefið okkr mærum tveim ok læknishendr meðan lifum

[@argyjql9113]

Probably not the best idea to use only Norse examples when your audience is English and likely doesn’t understand Norse