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LYRICS:
Smithe in smithem isern smitand,
Hit werthath warm brond burnand,
Erme sterkath, stifna kaltiand:
'Hal thu Thuner, homerhaldand!'
Ekkera bura, thorstiche, stuviche,
Fretlike zerle, benmithiche,
Kinda ondleta, herda, hungriche,
'Hal thu Thuner, triowewerthich!'
In threthhamum thawlika, ezenhringida,
Thuner Almechticha, unbeid, unbrezen,
Erthe sunu radieth reinwolken,
Homer klinnand, blixen liachtand.
Thiu triowe hi haldeth is isern, ezen,
Ethe send wichtiche, mein is mechtich
Mod is mizil to monnum bisitta
Sa anskir tha tiaga ond wes forthfarand!
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
Smiths in smithies iron smiting
Grows it hot, fires burning
Arms strengthen, voices calling:
'Hail thou Thunor, hammer holding!'
Farmers' fields, thirsty, dusty,
Fretful churls, bone-weary,
Children's faces, hard, hungry,
'Hail thou Thunor, trustworthy!'
In Thryth-home thewsome, oaken-ringed
Thunor Almighty, unbowed, unbroken,
Earth's son readies rainclouds,
Hammering ringing, lightning flashing.
The troth he keeps is iron, oaken,
Oaths are weighty, main is mighty,
Mood is much to men beset,
So gear the goats and be forthfaring!
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LYRICS (OLD ENGLISH)
Þunor Bēod
Smiðas on smiððum īsern smiðiende,
Hyt wierðð wearm, brandas byrniende,
Armas strengað, stefna ċealliende:
“Hāl ðū Þunor, hamorhealdenn!”
*Æcyrera būr, þurstiġu, dystiġu,
*Fretfyle ċeorlas, bānmēþiġe,
Ċildra andwlitan, hearde, hyngriġe,
“Hāl ðū Þunor, *trēowweorðlīċ!”
On Þryðhāme, þēawlīċa, āchringa,
Þunor Ælmihtiġ, unbended, unbrocen,
Eorðe sunu āredeð reġnwolcnu,
Hamor clingende, bladesunge līhtende.
Þā trēowðe hē hielt is īsern, ācen,
Āðas synd *wihtiġe, mere is mihtiġ
Mōd is myċel to mannum besette
Swā sċripe þā gǣt and wes forðfarende!
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Band: AElfric
Song: Thuner Biad (Thunor Boast)
Album: Songs Of The Elder Trow (1998)
Language: Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
"In Songs of the Elder Trow (1998) The music of pre-conversion England and Old Frisia, eerily evocative in it's ability to speak to some long-lost yet never forgotten depth of the folk soul. Ancient and new compositions by various galdormen. The vocals are poems/songs in the Anglo-Saxon language accompanied by the Anglo-Saxon harp, penny whistle, drum and other instruments."
https://www.last.fm/music/AElfric/+wiki
