Edit: Now on Spotify! Here’s a song I wrote in Old English, my first attempt at an Old English song. As a first, who else could I conceivably dedicate it to other than perhaps the greatest Englishman in history, King Alfred the Great? In a local church, there’s a stained glass window which portrays Alfred with the tagline “Subduer of the Danes”, which I thought was an awesome title, so I just had to implement it! I hope you enjoy! Please subscribe if you’d like to see more! And if you would like to support my work, you could always buy me a coffee :-) cheers! www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence.
Yep, and the Anglo-Saxons gave as good as they got. Alfred and his counsel pulled victory from the jaws of defeat, and started what would basically be one of the greatest comebacks in warfare.
@@SkaldBardHave you ever considered doing Edward the Elder and him putting an end to the Danelaw? Would love to hear a song in this style but it's about Alfred's son!
King Alfred's collection of the works of St Augustine are what finally got me accept Christianity after so long rejecting it. He holds a special place in my heart. So this was a real treat to stumble across. God Bless you.
Beautiful story, my friend, and welcome (back?) to the fold. I've just been reading a parallel language (Old/Modern English) version of his translation of The Consolation of Philosophy, and the remarkable intelligence yet deep humility he shows in his work is just mind-blowing, considering he did so much else in his life too - truly a man of tremendous virtue, so a great man to hold in a special place in your heart. Thank you for the kind words and God bless
@@SkaldBard He was one of a kind. He understood love more deeply than Keats and was more of a warrior than Nietzsche ever could have thought up. And you absolutely did him justice with this song.
England was betrayed by the devilish kings who beat eathlred and Harold now ye mighty are no more then ghosts of a forgotten people playing their roles of the dead Alfred a man who was as bloodthirsty as he was peaceful a teacher and my 36 ancestor
@@lucareviews9760I mean, Alfred reportedly tried to PREVENT bloodshed a much as he could before stepping up, so I wouldn't call him bloodthirsty, per se
I have no words to describe how impressive you work is. I came here throught Ex Cathedra. Greetings from a brazilian Catholic who truly admire your culture and work. The music about the nordic crusaders touch deeply in my soul. God bless you.
i mean it got forcefully changed due to the normans, if they never seized the crown of england it's likely modern english would resemble modern dutch more than anything
@@lopakacooper1668And to further demonstrate this, here's the beginning qoute in an English where we won Hastings (the logic being standard English would still be based on the West Saxon dialect and by extension much less Old Norse influence, especially as English would've kept a codified standard). Old English: Iċ wilnode weorðfullīċe tō libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīn ġemynd on gōdum weorcum. Hypothetical New English: Ic willed to lifen werthfulic þo hwile þe ic lifed and after minen life to leafen þone mannen þe weare after me my imind on gooden werken.
Brother you will not believe this. Just two hours ago i began reading King Arthur and his Knights, in which King Alfred was mentioned, and now this is recommended to me. Amazing!
@@SkaldBard Great to hear! If I might make a suggestion, a ballad about King Offa sounds amazing. The man was the Tywin Lannister of his age and basically united all of England several centuries ahead of schedule but was so paranoid that he only groomed one heir to succeed him who then died and his entire legacy fell apart. Likewise something recounting the journeys of St.Dunstan might be interesting dude was a madlad clergyman who converted some of the last pagan Saxons and basically seized control of the entire English clergy while the Heptarchy was still going strong.
Gets attacked on his own shores by heathens: destroys them with villagers and converts their king to ✝️ MEGA BASED, They don’t make leaders like this anymire
Fantastic man! I know that is kind of far away, but you could try to make something for Don Pelayo I and the Battle of Covadonga that started the Reconquista.
@@SkaldBard Thats great man! I find Covadonga and Pelayo totally your music style, as they are, to modern historians, semi-historic and semi-legendary. Personally, I rather say it's 100% history, as the prospects of the Virgin Mary causing an earthquake to split the muslim army to help the 300 christians from Asturias is indeed based.
You know, I can genuinely imagine English fyrd in 1086 marching through Normandy singing that Harold Gowīnessunu song. Their Norman overlords looking at one another, bemused: "Henri, que chantent-ils?" "quelque chose à propos de combien ils aiment les Normands, je pense..."
Sadly English has changed so much from the language we call Old English. And the amount of loanwords is everywhere and it is very hard on not using French words In this little text I have used six French words
So you should, our lord was unyielding and your ancestors felt his wrath. My Norse ancestors are traced back to the sons of Ragnar I assume they settled after the conflict and became Christian as is the way.
Great song. When seeing old English i can't but to think that, in some ways, mostly with þ, Todays English is closer to old norse than Swedish, Danish and Norwegian (Bokmål) in the sound of it. Might just be me þo
It's a grand irony that English is often lambasted as the least Germanic language due to the Latin influence, but English, due to island insularity, has preserved a large amount of Proto-Germanic features, particularly in terms of pronunciation. For example, how we pronounce the letter 'w', all Germanic folk pronounced it once upon a time the same way as the English do; they underwent a vowel shift on the continent whereas the Anglo-Saxons missed out on it. So, the English actually *sound* the closest to the original Germanic people.
@@keighlancoe5933 you're 100% right about that it sound way closer to old Norse than the languages who actually descend from it. Very strange how such a little thing as 2 sounds (w and th) can make such a difference.
@@rockaphett3727 I don't mean Old Norse, Proto-Germanic is the 'original' Germanic language that all Germanic languages evolved from; it's also the ancestor of Old Norse.
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About time we replaced our current patron saint who probably,if he even existed,didn't know the whereabouts of England with Alfred a truly great inspiration to us all.
Hey again! Sorry I'm asking this in yet another comment; but have you considered a song in (Old) Irish about St. Patrick? That would be sooooo nice! EDIT: I just realised St. Patrick's is in a few days, lol.
Hey, no problem at all, but yes I have, actually - I actually translated the prayer St Patrick's Breastplate (Old Irish) into Old Norse ages ago but never did anything with it, so I may do that at some point - but I'd like to do some Old Irish stuff too. I'm Irish by blood and my clan is one of the foremost poetry families in Irish history so I may have to do some Old Irish stuff using some of the clan's historical works :-)
@@skullwarrior4769 Hello again! Yes, Alfred is easily my favourite Anglo Saxon King, and also one of my favourite historical figures. Are you able to see the White Wyvern in my picture? This is the design I was talking about, easily my favourite.
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?
If you have learned dutch and German, you can feel the similarities old English and these languages. I suppose Dutch or Norwegian is a good choice to recall old English. Of course i didn't learn Norwegian. For example I've already seen in the song faith, actually really similar to dutch geloof or German Glaube which means believe. And subduer, in dutch a word called geweldig and in german gewaltig which means really powerful. And in the song amry actually in german Heer also means army. And really interesting old English seems to have similar sentence structure as Dutch or German.
Hey there - I've been researching this far and wide and cannot find anything definitive at all, sadly - but I suspect it may have to do with increased contact with German in the late middle ages
@@SkaldBard Ah, thank you brother! I'm Norwegian and very interested in the evolution of my language, and while I've found out a lot, I still wonder about why "Skj" is pronounced "Sh", "Gj" has become a "Y" sound, and why there's an H at the beginning of Hnefatafl. More precisely how they were pronounced in Old Norse 🧙🏻♂️
@@Minmir_the_Skald Velar "stops" (meaning hard sounds formed by the back of the tongue on the roof of the mouth) k, g, and sk in Old Norse were palatalised before front vowels to merge with kj, gj, and skj, as still occurs in Icelandic (and Jutland dialect); whereas in Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, and many Danish dialects, these were fronted to tj, dj, and stj or even opened to spirants ç (as in "kylling"), j, and š (as in "skjære"). So in old Norse, these were hard sounds that weren't palatilised as drastically by the vowel
What I find interesting is your pronunciation of Olde English referring to the Danes as "Dena". The Angles came from just south of Denmark, so there was no doubt linguistic similarity between Angles and pre-historic "Dena". When the Irish came to Ireland around 1,000 BC, they referred to one group of natives, the then rulers, as the "Danna(n)". Its pronounced the same way you pronounce "Dena" in your song. Their memory grew to them being seen as magical, otherworldly. Modern historians have transformed the Dannan as a mythical people who worshipped the Goddess Danu. I have always felt that the ancient Irish druids and lawkeepers didn't make the people up; that the people living there actually called themselves something like "Dane": simply lost something in translation into Irish to get "Danna". Especially given the incredible borrowing between Irish and Norse cultures ancient Ireland. In reality, I think the Dannan were just an advanced culture who, after centuries of peace after subduing theircrivaks (the Fomorians), the invading Irish warrior society destroyed them. They were the race that built Newgrange and the various pre-Irish monuments. Your Angle-pronounced "Dena" makes more convinced.
My lord we will not allow your great works to be destroyed. If god wills it the English will fight and we will fight with a 100years of retribution and fury. Woe unto traitors all you will face justice for what you have done to our people, country and faith the Saxons have began to hate once more ! 🏴
Did you travel back in time, bring back an Anglo-Saxon from the 10th century and hold a gun to his head forcing him to write and sing this in perfect Old English?
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?
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Edit: Now on Spotify! Here’s a song I wrote in Old English, my first attempt at an Old English song. As a first, who else could I conceivably dedicate it to other than perhaps the greatest Englishman in history, King Alfred the Great?
In a local church, there’s a stained glass window which portrays Alfred with the tagline “Subduer of the Danes”, which I thought was an awesome title, so I just had to implement it!
I hope you enjoy!
Please subscribe if you’d like to see more! And if you would like to support my work, you could always buy me a coffee :-) cheers! www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard
My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence.
Great song and I can't believe I'm saying this but old English looks more confusing then old norse.
The Vikings have been real quiet since this beat dropped.
Alfred truly earned the nickname "The Great"
Old Norse and now Old English... My inner language nerd is ecstatic. Respect!!!
Average child: "vikings are so cool! they had cool boats and explored the world"
Me:
Child and Scandiboo are synonymous
Yep, and the Anglo-Saxons gave as good as they got. Alfred and his counsel pulled victory from the jaws of defeat, and started what would basically be one of the greatest comebacks in warfare.
The old norse were as awesome as the old English. The actual vikings were scum, though
Old english songs like this deserve more appreciation, its a shame there hasnt been that many that have been found!
Thanks! Indeed it is sad, which is why I'm trying to do my bit to resurrect the tradition, even if they're not of the era
@@SkaldBardHave you ever considered doing Edward the Elder and him putting an end to the Danelaw? Would love to hear a song in this style but it's about Alfred's son!
Old English is a beautiful language. :)
St. Alfred, pray to God for the preservation of the Orthodox faithful and the salvation of our souls!
You speak old English so authentically, truly strikes at my heart, thank you.
Wonderful to hear, my friend, and thank you
Hail Ælfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons! Beautiful song about an amazing man who fought for God and Fatherland
Ælfred the high king of the English 🏴❤️⚔️🙌🏻
King Alfred's collection of the works of St Augustine are what finally got me accept Christianity after so long rejecting it. He holds a special place in my heart. So this was a real treat to stumble across. God Bless you.
Beautiful story, my friend, and welcome (back?) to the fold. I've just been reading a parallel language (Old/Modern English) version of his translation of The Consolation of Philosophy, and the remarkable intelligence yet deep humility he shows in his work is just mind-blowing, considering he did so much else in his life too - truly a man of tremendous virtue, so a great man to hold in a special place in your heart. Thank you for the kind words and God bless
@@SkaldBard He was one of a kind. He understood love more deeply than Keats and was more of a warrior than Nietzsche ever could have thought up. And you absolutely did him justice with this song.
@@SkaldBard wonder who bought you such a great book!!
@@drtimothydaly Some numpty ;-) cheers bro
Ælfred should be a Saint!
"God Nerie þone Cyning!" ✝️👑🏴
("God Save the King!")
Dude's an absolute machine
White-pilled by heroic dudes doing heroic deeds currently
The Bard is truly the master of his own craft…
Based @@SkaldBard
Thank you for this song. It's such a calming song to me in trying times.
Well now I got to hear about Alfred's kids now which in there own right paved the way for the Kingdom of England.
I'll just have to do some more then! ;-)
England was betrayed by the devilish kings who beat eathlred and Harold now ye mighty are no more then ghosts of a forgotten people playing their roles of the dead
Alfred a man who was as bloodthirsty as he was peaceful a teacher and my 36 ancestor
@@lucareviews9760I mean, Alfred reportedly tried to PREVENT bloodshed a much as he could before stepping up, so I wouldn't call him bloodthirsty, per se
I have no words to describe how impressive you work is. I came here throught Ex Cathedra. Greetings from a brazilian Catholic who truly admire your culture and work. The music about the nordic crusaders touch deeply in my soul. God bless you.
Muito obrigado, irmão. God bless
Deus abençoe!!!
This is a treat to listen to!
Wel ġesungen and ġewrīten.
Well sung and written.
Iċ þancie þē! :)
Wel ge et is gothre sang.
Goes to show how English really wasn’t affected throughout the centuries, as it seems…
@@lopakacooper1668 I mean, the basic vocab sure. But the phonology and grammar? VERY different. And most of the vocabulary is too.
You have truly been blessed, knowing so many languages and best of all, singing so beautifully in these languages. Godbless!
Thank you for the kind words, my friend - I appreciate your continued support :-)
It's amazing how languages change beyond recognition over the centuries.
i mean it got forcefully changed due to the normans, if they never seized the crown of england it's likely modern english would resemble modern dutch more than anything
Yes It has, Yo Init
At it's core it's the same language
Very neat song and an unexpected addition by you. It's always neat to see the similarities between the Germanic languages you use.
I mean, Old Norse and Old English go hand in hand, yes?
@@lopakacooper1668Ehhh not really. In fact, their contrast is actually a big reason English has no case or gender system anymore.
@@lopakacooper1668And to further demonstrate this, here's the beginning qoute in an English where we won Hastings (the logic being standard English would still be based on the West Saxon dialect and by extension much less Old Norse influence, especially as English would've kept a codified standard).
Old English: Iċ wilnode weorðfullīċe tō libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīn ġemynd on gōdum weorcum.
Hypothetical New English: Ic willed to lifen werthfulic þo hwile þe ic lifed and after minen life to leafen þone mannen þe weare after me my imind on gooden werken.
Brother you will not believe this. Just two hours ago i began reading King Arthur and his Knights, in which King Alfred was mentioned, and now this is recommended to me. Amazing!
There are no coincidences.
This is a Celtic, local legend, stolen and appropriated by the Anglo-Saxons. Alfred was a direct descendant of Arthur's enemies.
We should have a pilgrimage in April every year to Winchester.
Wonderful.
Glorious peace of music as always, I was waiting for old english song and here it is and its absolutely beautiful
Thank you, friend, means a lot
Would absolutely love to see more music in Old English!
More planned! :)
@@SkaldBard Great to hear! If I might make a suggestion, a ballad about King Offa sounds amazing. The man was the Tywin Lannister of his age and basically united all of England several centuries ahead of schedule but was so paranoid that he only groomed one heir to succeed him who then died and his entire legacy fell apart. Likewise something recounting the journeys of St.Dunstan might be interesting dude was a madlad clergyman who converted some of the last pagan Saxons and basically seized control of the entire English clergy while the Heptarchy was still going strong.
This bloke never disappoints. God bless you!
Thank you, my friend, God bless
Used to live near Winchester and spent a lot of time around the old haunts. Fascinating history there :) great song.
Simplesmente lindo
Gets attacked on his own shores by heathens: destroys them with villagers and converts their king to ✝️
MEGA BASED, They don’t make leaders like this anymire
Saint Alfred, pray for us!
Love it, so much talent!
Im Dutch and can understand a decent amount
Nice, my West Germanic brother
I’ll be honest, I prefer this version to the remake. It sounds wistful and mourning, compared to the new version which is far more epic.
the spelling of old english is so damn beautifull today.
Skaldic bard try not to make an absolute banger challenge ( impossible)
Lmao, kekked audibly. Thanks mate
English and proud 🏴❤️⚔️
God bless King Alfred!
Saint Alfred was one of the greatest christian kings in history, he was a true heroe of christendom
Fantastic man! I know that is kind of far away, but you could try to make something for Don Pelayo I and the Battle of Covadonga that started the Reconquista.
I've been considering doing some Reconquista stuff so I'll add this to the list :-D
@@SkaldBard Thats great man! I find Covadonga and Pelayo totally your music style, as they are, to modern historians, semi-historic and semi-legendary.
Personally, I rather say it's 100% history, as the prospects of the Virgin Mary causing an earthquake to split the muslim army to help the 300 christians from Asturias is indeed based.
💪🇯🇪✝️🛡
St Alfred the Great, intercede for us ☦
Wow! This is fantastic!
Thanks!
THIS IS ART!!!!!!
As a Non-Christian, This song slaps
Glory to Alfred, defender of Christendom!
Amen!
Subduer of the Danes, Savior of the Saxons, and a true Christian King!
Good song bro!!!
Obrigado!:-)
Reviving a lost tradition. This would definitely not sound out of place in the mead halls of Old Angleland or Denmark.
Wholesome
You know, I can genuinely imagine English fyrd in 1086 marching through Normandy singing that Harold Gowīnessunu song. Their Norman overlords looking at one another, bemused:
"Henri, que chantent-ils?"
"quelque chose à propos de combien ils aiment les Normands, je pense..."
Wassail King Alfred!
Wes hāl Ælfred cyning!
What about one on Thorlak Thorhallsson? :)
Yeah, got it planned! :-)
Sadly English has changed so much from the language we call Old English. And the amount of loanwords is everywhere and it is very hard on not using French words
In this little text I have used six French words
Ok this is based and epic, subscribed for sure
King Alfred died today 899 AD
I now want more in Old English... I may be American, but most of my ancestry comes from Old England.
Awesome. I'll definitely be making more!
That's it! I wanna learn old english and old norse.
Though i'm a dane i still have great respect for Alfred the Great.
So you should, our lord was unyielding and your ancestors felt his wrath. My Norse ancestors are traced back to the sons of Ragnar I assume they settled after the conflict and became Christian as is the way.
Great song. When seeing old English i can't but to think that, in some ways, mostly with þ, Todays English is closer to old norse than Swedish, Danish and Norwegian (Bokmål) in the sound of it. Might just be me þo
It's a grand irony that English is often lambasted as the least Germanic language due to the Latin influence, but English, due to island insularity, has preserved a large amount of Proto-Germanic features, particularly in terms of pronunciation. For example, how we pronounce the letter 'w', all Germanic folk pronounced it once upon a time the same way as the English do; they underwent a vowel shift on the continent whereas the Anglo-Saxons missed out on it. So, the English actually *sound* the closest to the original Germanic people.
@@keighlancoe5933 you're 100% right about that it sound way closer to old Norse than the languages who actually descend from it. Very strange how such a little thing as 2 sounds (w and th) can make such a difference.
@@rockaphett3727 I don't mean Old Norse, Proto-Germanic is the 'original' Germanic language that all Germanic languages evolved from; it's also the ancestor of Old Norse.
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Could you do an instrumental version of this song too? This song is really cool but I would also like to hear the same melody without the voice?
Considering releasing a few of my songs as instrumentals so I'll add this one to the list :-)
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About time we replaced our current patron saint who probably,if he even existed,didn't know the whereabouts of England with Alfred a truly great inspiration to us all.
bop
Wes hal, indeed! Wesaph ge hale!
MJAA make Jutland Anglian Again, Great Song Cheers from Mercia
Hey again! Sorry I'm asking this in yet another comment; but have you considered a song in (Old) Irish about St. Patrick? That would be sooooo nice!
EDIT: I just realised St. Patrick's is in a few days, lol.
Hey, no problem at all, but yes I have, actually - I actually translated the prayer St Patrick's Breastplate (Old Irish) into Old Norse ages ago but never did anything with it, so I may do that at some point - but I'd like to do some Old Irish stuff too. I'm Irish by blood and my clan is one of the foremost poetry families in Irish history so I may have to do some Old Irish stuff using some of the clan's historical works :-)
@@SkaldBard wow! Definitely looking forward to hearing it. You never cease to amaze!
Gōd hælo!
@@skullwarrior4769 Hello again! Yes, Alfred is easily my favourite Anglo Saxon King, and also one of my favourite historical figures. Are you able to see the White Wyvern in my picture? This is the design I was talking about, easily my favourite.
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?
If you have learned dutch and German, you can feel the similarities old English and these languages. I suppose Dutch or Norwegian is a good choice to recall old English. Of course i didn't learn Norwegian. For example I've already seen in the song faith, actually really similar to dutch geloof or German Glaube which means believe. And subduer, in dutch a word called geweldig and in german gewaltig which means really powerful. And in the song amry actually in german Heer also means army. And really interesting old English seems to have similar sentence structure as Dutch or German.
I stand corrected. King Alfred is canonized. And justly so!
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Hail! Question about Old Norse
When did we Norsemen start saying Æi instead of Ei, which is how it's written?
Hey there - I've been researching this far and wide and cannot find anything definitive at all, sadly - but I suspect it may have to do with increased contact with German in the late middle ages
@@SkaldBard Ah, thank you brother! I'm Norwegian and very interested in the evolution of my language, and while I've found out a lot, I still wonder about why "Skj" is pronounced "Sh", "Gj" has become a "Y" sound, and why there's an H at the beginning of Hnefatafl.
More precisely how they were pronounced in Old Norse 🧙🏻♂️
@@Minmir_the_Skald Velar "stops" (meaning hard sounds formed by the back of the tongue on the roof of the mouth) k, g, and sk in Old Norse were palatalised before front vowels to merge with kj, gj, and skj, as still occurs in Icelandic (and Jutland dialect); whereas in Faroese, Norwegian, Swedish, and many Danish dialects, these were fronted to tj, dj, and stj or even opened to spirants ç (as in "kylling"), j, and š (as in "skjære"). So in old Norse, these were hard sounds that weren't palatilised as drastically by the vowel
@@SkaldBard You, fellow lifter, is a treasure trove! Thank you for answering answers I literally thought didn't exist ahah
I am grateful! 🙏🏻⚔️
@@Minmir_the_Skald Bare hyggelig! 💪
friend: it has English subs right?
me: yeah of course!
the subs
This made me chuckle
@@SkaldBard lol success
What I find interesting is your pronunciation of Olde English referring to the Danes as "Dena". The Angles came from just south of Denmark, so there was no doubt linguistic similarity between Angles and pre-historic "Dena".
When the Irish came to Ireland around 1,000 BC, they referred to one group of natives, the then rulers, as the "Danna(n)". Its pronounced the same way you pronounce "Dena" in your song.
Their memory grew to them being seen as magical, otherworldly. Modern historians have transformed the Dannan as a mythical people who worshipped the Goddess Danu. I have always felt that the ancient Irish druids and lawkeepers didn't make the people up; that the people living there actually called themselves something like "Dane": simply lost something in translation into Irish to get "Danna". Especially given the incredible borrowing between Irish and Norse cultures ancient Ireland.
In reality, I think the Dannan were just an advanced culture who, after centuries of peace after subduing theircrivaks (the Fomorians), the invading Irish warrior society destroyed them. They were the race that built Newgrange and the various pre-Irish monuments.
Your Angle-pronounced "Dena" makes more convinced.
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What the national anthem of the English state that Alfred the Great created would have sounded like, in my opinion….
My lord we will not allow your great works to be destroyed. If god wills it the English will fight and we will fight with a 100years of retribution and fury. Woe unto traitors all you will face justice for what you have done to our people, country and faith the Saxons have began to hate once more ! 🏴
Did you travel back in time, bring back an Anglo-Saxon from the 10th century and hold a gun to his head forcing him to write and sing this in perfect Old English?
Hah, I'll never tell... Thanks, friend
🏴❤️⚔️👍🏻
Alfred the king of Wessex, Athelstan the first and best king of England 🏴
Im always so divided In This Era, As Im Pagan but Can Trace my Family To The Anglo-Saxon Era
Being Pagan is an internal feeling, so don't worry about being Anglo-Saxon.
How do you even begin to have such a command of a dead language like this?
🏴🦅✝️
Wæs þu hæl ælfred cyning🗡🛡💪👑🍺
Don’t let the occupation last 1000 years
Stealing for the Orthodox
Hail Ælfred greatest of all English kings 🏴❤️⚔️🙌🏻
Elisabeth I
Ælfrede Cyning grēat and hēahmitīġe wæs, mid wīsdomful ġemōd. Þæm ealdefædere maniġe mycel Cyninga.
Respect à Saint Alfred le Grand, quand l'Angleterre confessait la foi catholique et orthodoxe !
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?
Never a truer word said.
When kings were given their due
When Kings used to actually care about their people and muster an army strong to defend their shores of incoming invaders... Oh how low have we fallen?