Translation of the song Hjaðningaríma artist Gjallarhorn
Hjaðningaríma
Heodenings’ ballad
Hörkkutröllin hraeða geð
The unyielding trolls quicken tempo
rimþursarnir fornir
of the ancient rhymes
dvergar álvar draugar með
dwarfs elves ghosts with
dísir völvur nornir
fairies sibyls witches
Átti eg þrættur erfitt kreik
I had a hard struggle with
illu þankinn spáudi
the evil prophesied thought
skógar loksins undir eik
forests finally under oak
eina setjast náði
reached a settlement
Stód I brekku stofninn hallt
On the hillside the sloping trunk
stórfljót nokkurt viður
a broad river some wood
limar huldu landið allt
foliage covered the whole country
aufin héngu niður
alfins hung down
Hörkkutöllin hræða geð
The unyielding trolls quicken tempo
rimþursarnir fornir
of the ancient rhymes
dvergar álvar draugar með
dwarfs elves ghosts with
dísir völvur nornir
fairies sibyls witches
Skógatröll um vindavoll
Forest trolls in the wind
vakti sköll hin mestu
raised the skull on high
straumaföll úr stormahöll
gushes from the storm hall
steyptust öll hin verstu
hurtled all to abomination