Svartsot

[Music and lyrics - Frederiksen]
[The song of hatred.
This song is based on several early sources of the way to destroy an enemy by turning the nature spirits against them. These sources include a runic inscription from Bergen and Egils Saga. The process involved raising a hazel staff topped with a horses decapitated head, with the mouth opened in a gruesome grimace. All this was performed whilst uttering the correct formulas, which were carved into the hazel rod. Not an honest way to attack an enemy. The lyric is weitten in alliteration (as were many skaldik verses), the only proper sort of ryme for this subject.]
Hey! Skampletten s?ttes pa dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamsk?ndt, sa skal du dommes nidding!
Jeg rister bodruner, jeg rister bl?rgeruner,
Jeg rejser nidstangen, jeg retter den mod dig.
Hasselk?ppen h?ves, hestens stygge hoved griner,
Koldt, fra kroppen kappet, gabet gn?gger nu i tavshed,
Ogets ode ojne uden spor af omhed stirrer,
Over morke marker, stangen knejser stolt y stilhed.
Hey! Skampletten s?ttes pa dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamsk?ndt, sa skal du dommes nidding!
Jeg sender dig argskab, jeg sender dig galskab,
Jeg sender dig pinsler, jeg rister rune tre.
Trolden, algen, tursen, tr?nger pa i tussemorket,
V?tten aner varsler, farer v?rgelost om i vanvid.
Rodlos er hin radvilde, revet ud af dvalens glemsel,
Den vil fred ej finde, for du her fra landet flygter.
Hey! Skampletten s?ttes pa dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamsk?ndt, sa skal du dommes nidding!
Jeg kv?der nifvisen, jeg kv?der nag-visen,
Jeg kv?der din modgang, mens stangen knejser stolt.
Dulgt er daden dyster, doden din jeg spar i mulmen,
Varligt v?lges ordet, gammel visdom deri vogtes,
Morke ord jeg m?ler, rover magt fra mand og mandsling,
Disse ord jeg rader, disse ord jeg rister rette.
Hey! Skampletten s?ttes pa dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamsk?ndt, sa skal du dommes nidding!
Jeg rister bodruner, jeg rister bl?rgeruner,
Jeg rejser nidstangen, jeg retter den mod dig,
Jeg kv?der nifvisen, jeg kv?der nag-visen,
Jeg kv?der din modgang, mens stangen knejser stolt.
[ Nidvisen Lyrics ]