Valdogg

Til hevn for frender Over blanke egger str'mmet det blod F'r kj'ttet ble fortaert av haermenn i blodige brynjer Jeg taler om drapet i dunkle ord I blodig stavn seilte langskip ut I de iskalde b'lgedrag R'dskjaeret varslet ufred Vaapnene d'mte i fiendtlig m'te Tida for hevn var kommet Hett brant hatet i aapen kamp Til glede for 'rn og ravn Livl'st ligger frender Banesaar ble gitt til foten som satt paa fiendens hals Hevn... som varg i skog plaget av sult Hevn... h'yt mot himmelen hornene skinner De naableike livl'se hender Var iskalde Overstenket av valdogg I nattem'rkret blir makten st'rre [English translation:] Dew Of The Slain For the revenge of the kinsmen Over shiny edges streamed blood Before the flesh was eaten by warriors in bloody armours I tell about the manslaughter with dark words In bloody prow sailed out the warship In the ice-cold wave-puff The red sheer forebode war Weapons ruled in the hostile encounter Time for revenge had come Hot burned hate in the open battle For the joy of eagle and raven Lifeless lie the kinsmen Mortal wound was given to the foot that set upon the enemy's neck Revenge... like the wolf in the forest tormented by hunger Revenge... high towards the sky the horns shine The corpse-pale lifeless hands Were ice-cold Sprinkled about by the dew of the slain In darkness of the night the power grows stronger