Gealdýr - For Eldra

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The song For Eldra is based on the real historical prayer Ahmad Ibn Fadlān recorded during his encounter with the Rūs people in AD 922. According to Ahmad Ibn Fadlān's recordings he witnessed a Rūs Viking funeral. This encounter has been recorded and preserved through the ages. You may know his story from the movie The 13th Warrior.

The prayer goes as follows:

þar sé’k fǫður minn;
þar sé’k móður mína ok systr mínar ok bróðir mina;
þar sé’k forfeðr mína allt til upphafs;

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Lo, There do I see my Father
Lo, There do I see my Mother and My Brothers and my Sisters
Lo, There do I see the line of my people back to the beginning


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Original Old Norse lyrics and English translation:


Sannliga, sæmd
Sannliga, sæmi ligr
Sannliga, sæmd
Sannliga, sæmi ligr

þar sé’k fǫður minn;
þar sé’k móður mína ok systr mínar ok bróðir mina;
þar sé’k forfeðr mína allt til upphafs;

For-Eldra
Visa mér heima
For-Eldra
Visa minn hjarta

For-Eldra
Visa mér heima
For-Eldra
Visa minn hjarta

þar sé’k fǫður minn;
þar sé’k móður mína ok systr mínar ok bróðir mina;
þar sé’k forfeðr mína allt til upphafs;

þar sé’k fǫður minn;
þar sé’k móður mína ok systr mínar ok bróðir mina;
þar sé’k forfeðr mína allt til upphafs;

For-Eldra
Visa mér heima
For-Eldra
Visa minn hjarta

For-Eldra
Visa mér heima
For-Eldra
Visa minn hjarta

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Truly, Honor
Truly, Honorable
Truly, Honor
Truly, Honorable

Lo, There do I see my Father
Lo, There do I see my Mother and My Brothers and my Sisters
Lo, There do I see the line of my people back to the beginning

Ancestors
Guide me home
Ancestors
Guide my heart

Ancestors
Guide me home
Ancestors
Guide my heart

Lo, There do I see my Father
Lo, There do I see my Mother
Lo, There do I see the line of my people back to the beginning

Lo, There do I see my Father
Lo, There do I see my Mother
Lo, There do I see the line of my people back to the beginning

Ancestors
Guide me home
Ancestors
Guide my heart

Ancestors
Guide me home
Ancestors
Guide my heart


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