[Lyric]The Mighty Doors Of The Speargod's Hall

[Fyr]

As I listen to this song, I grab the lyrics only to find out it contains some old-Swedish/Norwegian poem or something. Naturally, I did use the google tranlater and trying to find out what it means, however, google messes it up pretty bad. Of course, I have searched the forum on this, but I couldn't find it.


This is the poem:

"Pa Vida Fдltet
Hдrmдn Svingat
Det Blanket Svдrdet
Och Banen Mцtt
Till Den Hцges Sal
de I Дra Fцrts
Och Vid Mjцdet Hцr
Odin Kvдda"

Is there some Norwegian/Swedish languagepurist who could translate this?

Thanks in advanced!

 

[YearsOfMetal]

This is as good as I can figure:

Dad out in the fields
Imitates swinging
The blank form sword
And swore an oath
At the salt piles
They in glory proceed
And at mead hear
Odin poem

 

[gnoff]

I'm only going from what you've written here, but here goes

Pa Vida Fдltet
På Vida Fältet = On the wide field

Hдrmдn Svingat
Har man Svingat (?) = One has swinged

Det Blanket Svдrdet
Det Blanka Svärdet = The shiny sword

Och Banen Mцtt
Och Banen Mött (?) = And met death

Till Den Hцges Sal
Till Den Höges Sal = To the hall of the "high" (mighty?)

de I Дra Fцrts
de I Ära Först = They in glory has been lead

Och Vid Mjцdet Hцr
Och Vid Mjödet Hör = And by the mead listen to

Odin Kvдda
Oden Kväda = Oden "speak"


Lots of the words are more ancient or at least older than what is normally used, also I did some guessing above, but hopefully it'll help.

 

[gnoff]

Hдrmдn Svingat
Har man Svingat (?) = One has swinged

Possibly:

Härmän Svingat = Men of the arny has swinged


oh, edit:

http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/amon_amarth/sorrow_throughout_the_nine_worlds_1996.html


They have it as:

"Pa Vida Fältet
Härmän Svingat
Det Blanket Svärdet
Och Banen Mött
Till Den Höges Sal
de I Ära Förts
Och Vid Mjödet Hör
Odin Kväda"

 

[Fyr]

That actually makes sense, thank you for your wisdom! Awesome poem.

 

[gnoff]

Härmän Svingat = Men of the arny has swinged

"arny" shall be "army" of course

Men of the army has swinged


I just fail a lot when letting my tired fingers do the work and not checking the result

 

[Wolham]

They have it as:

"Pa Vida Fältet
Härmän Svingat
Det Blanket Svärdet
Och Banen Mött
Till Den Höges Sal
de I Ära Förts
Och Vid Mjödet Hör
Odin Kväda"

Banen could be Danen. I have personally never heard of the word Banen, and as a swede, that's odd.
Danen, meaning dane/danish, does make somewhat sense though. And why does it say "Pa" and not "På"?

 

[Fuel80]

"Banen" can mean death. Like the word "Baneman" means killer in Swedish.