Here’s the remake of a song I wrote and performed in Old Norse. This one is based on Snorri Sturluson’s Óláfs saga helga - the saga is enormous, almost 300 pages, but I did my best to condense it to give you a taste of the original Norse version. I recommend reading the real thing! The refrain is based on St Olaf’s famous warcry: Onward, onward, Christmen, Crossmen, Kingsmen!, as recounted in the saga. I hope you enjoy. If you enjoy my work and would like to help me make more, please like the video and consider subscribing to my channel. You can also buy me a coffee here if you’d like to support my work: www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard I appreciate your support and kindness, as always. Lyrics: Mun ek nú segja frá sǫgu Óláfs helga. Noregr var hans óðal. Var tólf vetra gamall, er hann steig á herskip ok fór í hernað fyrsta sinn Óláfr sigldi til landa margra í víking Bardaga háði heiðna ok kristna báða við Kom hann í Valland til Rúðu ok lét sik skíra Var þat upphaf ferðar hans til heilagdóms eilífs Þá er skírnavatnit sló hann, fylldisk hann heilags anda ok vánar til ættleifðar sinnar yfir Noregsríki ǫllu Fram! Fram Kristmenn! Fram! Fram Krossmenn! Fram! Fram Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Hann fekk heilaga anda var sterkasti allra hilmir sinna manna yfirkonungr lands Óláfr vilði þá sigla út til Jórsala en dreymði merkilegan draum, maðr kom til hans Far aftr til óðala þinna, þú munt vera konungr Noregs at eilífu, þá sigldi hann Yfir þeim eignum sátu útlendir menn, er átti faðir Óláfs ok hans faðir, hann ætlaði at heimta fǫðurarf Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Var honum vel fagnat Hann vilði ei gjalda skatt en verja vilði hann oddi ok eggju sitt land Óláfr fór á fund konunga fimm Upplanda Nauðsyn er á at reka af undirbrot þat er Danir ok Svíar hafa yðr undir lagt Stóðu upp þeir konungar ok gáfu konungsnafn. Óláfr konungr sjalfr fylgði fram merkinu sínu fyr Nesjum ok rak Svein hlaðajarl ok Svía ór Noregi. Fram! Fram Kristmenn Fram! Fram Krossmenn Fram! Fram Konungsmenn Fram! Fram, fyr Noregsland Lagðr inn var kross á konungs skjǫld stóra Lét hann tíðir veita þá herblástr blása Var konungs siðr at rísa ok til kirkju ganga Hann lagði á þat allan hug at heiðni taka af Á hverju Þingi lét hann upp kristin lǫg lesa ok til konungs tekinn var um Noreg allan En Knútr inn ríki Danakonungr vann England ok þóttisk eiga at erfðum Noreg allan ok vestrlǫnd breta Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Óláfr hefr val Danakonungr skal Noregsfólkit herja með mikit mannatal Knútr dró saman óvígjan her í Danmǫrku ok krafði þess, at Óláfr gerisk maðr hans Bauð Knútr fram ofrfé, bœndr urðu blekkðir Óláfr krafði sér liðs, en bœndr snøru frá Hann tók ráð þat at fara ór Noregi, þaðan sigldi í Hólmgarð Vilði hann einhvern dag fara aftr til óðala sinna Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Danir váru sterkir Óláfr var án liðs en Óláfs konungstígn var gefin af Dróttni Óláfr skaut til Guðs sínu máli ok bað hann láta þat upp koma, er hann sæi, at bezt gegndi Sýndisk Óláfr Tryggvason konungi ok kvað Far aftr til ríkis með þeim styrk, er Guð gaf þér Þat er konungsframi at sigrask á óvinum sínum, en vegligr dauði at falla í orrostu með liði sínu Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Haraldr hans bróðir ok trúlyndir drengir komu á fund konungs er hann í land sigldi Óláfr ok herr komu út á Stiklastaði Hjálm gylltan á hǫfðu ok krosslagðan skjǫld hafði Þórir hundr fjándi kallaði: Fram, bóandmenn! en konungsmenn æpðu þá heróp ok mæltu svá: Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Þat var arfr hans Hann var af ætt Haralds Guð valði hann til valds Þat var ríki hans Óláfr gekk fram ór skjaldborg í ǫndurða fylking Hann barðisk alldjarfliga ok marga menn hann vá En snøri hann í móti Kálfi, er sár veitir Þorsteinn knarrarsmiðr hjó til konungs með ǫxi Þá lagði Þórir hundr spjóti til hans miðju Kom blóð Óláfs á sár Þóris ok þar skjótt grǫri Mánuðum tolf eptir fall hans var lík hans alhrein Var atkvæði byskups at hann sannheilagr var Fram! Fram, Kristmenn! Fram! Fram, Krossmenn! Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn! Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland! Noregskonungr ey Lík hans var jafnan hrein Orðstírr hans aldrigi deyr Hann sitr við helgu mey
The Norse surely loved to go on a-viking, adventurous and relentless as these raiders,warriors were. I am fascinated by how tthey navigated the various seas that surrounded their homeland, and the Normans afterwards were the ones whom conquered, Sicily and uplifted my little beautiful island contributing to the history that we have. Battle of Cerami 1063, was essential in this Norman endeavour.
It is amazing as always, we have the remaster of Haraldr Harðráði and Saint Óláfr, now we need Knútr inn Ríki and we have the trio complete! Great work my friend!!!
Ooh, I was really waiting for this one, I'm glad you did it! Amazing sound as always Sir Skald! By any chance, I would love to see your Swedish Crusaders song remastered. I love the musical elements of it and a remaster would be brilliant.
Honestly, at first I was worried at the possibility of a remake of this song, but it turned out incredible! The feel of the song remained intact even with the addition of better audio. Fascinating work and truly worth the wait, Mr Bard!
Skaldic Bard, your work inspires me to dive in the Old Norse and Old Engish languages and improve my conlang (man made langauge). And I do love this remastered version of Saint King Ólaf, one of my favorites songs when I discovered your channel. Skaldic Bard, I hope your work will become more known among listners in the world to hear. Keep up the good work Skald Bard!
One of my favorite medieval figures and one I wish there was more attention towards. Awesome remake man, that "Fram, Kristmen!" is extremely powerful and epic.
YES YES! Another masterpiece coming to our shore I am very happy to see once more the mighty of your creations. Keep it up and I can’t wait to see more! May everyone win the their battles and enjoy the holidays! 😁😁😁
I'm very sorry for the fact that I'm a hour too late. But this song is the best of all, I loved this song when it was first made. Now a HD Remake!!! perfect, thanks for everything!!!☦☦🙏🙏🙏
ngl this sounds even better than the original and remains one of my favourite songs in general. I always listen to your song when im in the gym, they fill me with adrenaline and strength. Keep up the great work friend!
Awesome as always! I’ve been trying to come up with some ideas for events you could base songs off of. Here’s just some spit balls if your interested. A Latin/Gothic song about one of the many battles between the Roman’s and the Goths An old Norse song about Rurik A song about Arminius ( not sure of the specific language) A song about the teutonic order A song about the battle of Las Navas Tolosa Keep up the great work!
God bless, Skald! Saint Olafr, pray for us 🙏🏻 Yet another banger remake! And now again petitioning for a Haraldr Hárfagri remake in hopes of it coming some day 😅
Glad that you're continuing to do the remakes. The og ones are still good, but the gloss over for these remakes enhances what was good about the initial ones since you're using better equipment now. Excellent as always.
Vikings gonna vike, if they become Christian, this doesn't make them less Nordic, and this song is a clear tribute to that. Thank you for making this epic and cool authentic sounding music, it actually got me interested in Scandinavian history.
I followed you because of this song, and now you've remade it, I cannot be happier! but too bad you didn't use the remake to insert the verse you made about when he struck down Thor's rat-infested idol.
Skald! hello friend, how you manage this is amazing. This song is actually the one that introduced me to your channel - and i've loved every second since. Loving the work as always man. lovely melodies on her and i will always appreciate the effort you put into this for your next video perhaps do the entirety of the saga - if you won't then i will! Been looking for a challenge as always great work man God bless -Louis
Excellent work. Would you consider doing songs in the language of the Normans(jerriais)? Not many know Bohemond and the normans helped establish the first crusader state before Jerusalem was even taken.
Keep it up my friend, always improving loving it. Weird request I have for you if you are interested, I think with your talent's you could do s pretty great middle ages style cover of the Icelandic anthem. Just putting it out there in the cosmos keep doing what you are doing. Kóngur!
Bådte Olafane é swärre kärrar men jäj tôkker mäjr ôm Olaf Trôggvarłssön ettersôm hânn haver hístorja í hemlanné Yderst fagert ow fô e nygjära ôm en af dôm mäst glömte Helgåne, Olaf Harallssön ❤
Are you able to make a song in Pictish? I know there’s not a lot of information on the language itself but I’ve been curious how it sounds for a long time since it’s a Brythonic language but so distant from the tongues to the south that there was probably no mutual intelligibility. If you have enough resources to put one together that would be amazing!
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Here’s the remake of a song I wrote and performed in Old Norse. This one is based on Snorri Sturluson’s Óláfs saga helga - the saga is enormous, almost 300 pages, but I did my best to condense it to give you a taste of the original Norse version. I recommend reading the real thing!
The refrain is based on St Olaf’s famous warcry: Onward, onward, Christmen, Crossmen, Kingsmen!, as recounted in the saga.
I hope you enjoy. If you enjoy my work and would like to help me make more, please like the video and consider subscribing to my channel. You can also buy me a coffee here if you’d like to support my work:
www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard
I appreciate your support and kindness, as always.
Lyrics:
Mun ek nú segja frá sǫgu Óláfs helga.
Noregr var hans óðal.
Var tólf vetra gamall, er hann steig á herskip
ok fór í hernað fyrsta sinn
Óláfr sigldi til landa margra í víking
Bardaga háði heiðna ok kristna báða við
Kom hann í Valland til Rúðu ok lét sik skíra
Var þat upphaf ferðar hans til heilagdóms eilífs
Þá er skírnavatnit sló hann, fylldisk hann heilags anda ok
vánar til ættleifðar sinnar yfir Noregsríki ǫllu
Fram! Fram Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Hann fekk heilaga anda
var sterkasti allra
hilmir sinna manna
yfirkonungr lands
Óláfr vilði þá sigla út til Jórsala
en dreymði merkilegan draum, maðr kom til hans
Far aftr til óðala þinna, þú munt vera
konungr Noregs at eilífu, þá sigldi hann
Yfir þeim eignum sátu útlendir menn, er átti faðir
Óláfs ok hans faðir, hann ætlaði at heimta fǫðurarf
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Var honum vel fagnat
Hann vilði ei gjalda skatt
en verja vilði hann
oddi ok eggju sitt land
Óláfr fór á fund konunga fimm Upplanda
Nauðsyn er á at reka af undirbrot þat
er Danir ok Svíar hafa yðr undir lagt
Stóðu upp þeir konungar ok gáfu konungsnafn.
Óláfr konungr sjalfr fylgði fram merkinu sínu
fyr Nesjum ok rak Svein hlaðajarl ok Svía ór Noregi.
Fram! Fram Kristmenn
Fram! Fram Krossmenn
Fram! Fram Konungsmenn
Fram! Fram, fyr Noregsland
Lagðr inn var kross
á konungs skjǫld stóra
Lét hann tíðir veita
þá herblástr blása
Var konungs siðr at rísa ok til kirkju ganga
Hann lagði á þat allan hug at heiðni taka af
Á hverju Þingi lét hann upp kristin lǫg lesa
ok til konungs tekinn var um Noreg allan
En Knútr inn ríki Danakonungr vann England ok
þóttisk eiga at erfðum Noreg allan ok vestrlǫnd breta
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Óláfr hefr val
Danakonungr skal
Noregsfólkit herja
með mikit mannatal
Knútr dró saman óvígjan her í Danmǫrku
ok krafði þess, at Óláfr gerisk maðr hans
Bauð Knútr fram ofrfé, bœndr urðu blekkðir
Óláfr krafði sér liðs, en bœndr snøru frá
Hann tók ráð þat at fara ór Noregi, þaðan sigldi í Hólmgarð
Vilði hann einhvern dag fara aftr til óðala sinna
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Danir váru sterkir
Óláfr var án liðs
en Óláfs konungstígn
var gefin af Dróttni
Óláfr skaut til Guðs sínu máli ok bað hann
láta þat upp koma, er hann sæi, at bezt gegndi
Sýndisk Óláfr Tryggvason konungi ok kvað
Far aftr til ríkis með þeim styrk, er Guð gaf þér
Þat er konungsframi at sigrask á óvinum sínum, en
vegligr dauði at falla í orrostu með liði sínu
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Haraldr hans bróðir
ok trúlyndir drengir
komu á fund konungs
er hann í land sigldi
Óláfr ok herr komu út á Stiklastaði
Hjálm gylltan á hǫfðu ok krosslagðan skjǫld hafði
Þórir hundr fjándi kallaði: Fram, bóandmenn!
en konungsmenn æpðu þá heróp ok mæltu svá:
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Þat var arfr hans
Hann var af ætt Haralds
Guð valði hann til valds
Þat var ríki hans
Óláfr gekk fram ór skjaldborg í ǫndurða fylking
Hann barðisk alldjarfliga ok marga menn hann vá
En snøri hann í móti Kálfi, er sár veitir
Þorsteinn knarrarsmiðr hjó til konungs með ǫxi
Þá lagði Þórir hundr spjóti til hans miðju
Kom blóð Óláfs á sár Þóris ok þar skjótt grǫri
Mánuðum tolf eptir fall hans var lík hans alhrein
Var atkvæði byskups at hann sannheilagr var
Fram! Fram, Kristmenn!
Fram! Fram, Krossmenn!
Fram! Fram, Konungsmenn!
Fram! Fram fyr Noregsland!
Noregskonungr ey
Lík hans var jafnan hrein
Orðstírr hans aldrigi deyr
Hann sitr við helgu mey
The Norse surely loved to go on a-viking, adventurous and relentless as these raiders,warriors were.
I am fascinated by how tthey navigated the various seas that surrounded their homeland, and the Normans afterwards were the ones whom conquered, Sicily and uplifted my little beautiful island contributing to the history that we have. Battle of Cerami 1063, was essential in this Norman endeavour.
Incredible song maaan, i suggest a remake of Otto the great! God bless you my friend.
@@felipeschmoellerSCJ Otto the Great is one of the best songs from the Bard, hope he sees this
Im a history teacher - I play your songs for my students when they relate to my curriculum - keep on being based brother
This is so much better than earlier version and earlier version was fire!🔥🔥
i agree. Old version was one of my favorites
Two best songs of all time
1. Forward, Christmen! HD remake
2. Forward, Christmen!
I was waiting for this! 😍
Love it!
It is amazing as always, we have the remaster of Haraldr Harðráði and Saint Óláfr, now we need Knútr inn Ríki and we have the trio complete! Great work my friend!!!
Will make sure to work on it!
Aah, premium version of the old banger!
Well done friend✝️☦️❤️🔥💪
Oh yes this remake was soooo needed. Your voice sounds so much more secure and "stronger" in this one. outstanding job!
Sigurd’s theme song when he made his way all the way to Sidon. Fram, krossmen !!!
Ooh, I was really waiting for this one, I'm glad you did it! Amazing sound as always Sir Skald!
By any chance, I would love to see your Swedish Crusaders song remastered. I love the musical elements of it and a remaster would be brilliant.
I'll make a note! Thanks a lot, friend
Honestly, at first I was worried at the possibility of a remake of this song, but it turned out incredible!
The feel of the song remained intact even with the addition of better audio.
Fascinating work and truly worth the wait, Mr Bard!
Glad to hear it, my friend! Thank you
I loved the original song, and this is awesome. Great work Bard! God bless you and your work.
Thanks for the support, friend
Masterpiece! God bless You!
Masterpiece. Nice work! 🇧🇷✝️🇵🇹
The peak never ends, keep up the good work!
Þetta er gótt skaldskap! Upphaldsverkit mitt af þík!
Þakka þér fyrir!
Skaldic Bard, your work inspires me to dive in the Old Norse and Old Engish languages and improve my conlang (man made langauge). And I do love this remastered version of Saint King Ólaf, one of my favorites songs when I discovered your channel. Skaldic Bard, I hope your work will become more known among listners in the world to hear. Keep up the good work Skald Bard!
Great ! That's one of my favorite, so glad you made an HD version of it !
One of my favorite medieval figures and one I wish there was more attention towards. Awesome remake man, that "Fram, Kristmen!" is extremely powerful and epic.
YES YES! Another masterpiece coming to our shore I am very happy to see once more the mighty of your creations. Keep it up and I can’t wait to see more! May everyone win the their battles and enjoy the holidays! 😁😁😁
Nothing is more exciting than seeing you've uploaded 🤣 brilliant work!!
I'm very sorry for the fact that I'm a hour too late. But this song is the best of all, I loved this song when it was first made. Now a HD Remake!!! perfect, thanks for everything!!!☦☦🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for sticking around so long!
Wonderful
ngl this sounds even better than the original and remains one of my favourite songs in general. I always listen to your song when im in the gym, they fill me with adrenaline and strength. Keep up the great work friend!
Epic
Awesome as always!
I’ve been trying to come up with some ideas for events you could base songs off of. Here’s just some spit balls if your interested.
A Latin/Gothic song about one of the many battles between the Roman’s and the Goths
An old Norse song about Rurik
A song about Arminius ( not sure of the specific language)
A song about the teutonic order
A song about the battle of Las Navas Tolosa
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the suggestions! Will make a note
God bless, Skald! Saint Olafr, pray for us 🙏🏻
Yet another banger remake! And now again petitioning for a Haraldr Hárfagri remake in hopes of it coming some day 😅
Glad that you're continuing to do the remakes. The og ones are still good, but the gloss over for these remakes enhances what was good about the initial ones since you're using better equipment now. Excellent as always.
Finally you created a remake of this legend, thanks a lot🔥
always posting bangers i see
Excellent!
Beautiful! I'm a lover of Iceland and Icelandic and find your songs and videos delicious to my ears , mind, and spirit.
Vikings gonna vike, if they become Christian, this doesn't make them less Nordic, and this song is a clear tribute to that. Thank you for making this epic and cool authentic sounding music, it actually got me interested in Scandinavian history.
Amazing bard
Masterpiece❤
Yet another banger idk how you pump these out so quickly🙏🏻
The Nords have been some of the greatest among Christendom. Pray for us, Saint Olaf
Real
@SkaldBard You make amazing music 💜
Chad saint olaf🎉
Great Olaf: King and Saint
Yes! Another epic Skjalðic song! Thank you!
Saint Olaf, pray for us 🙏🇻🇦
Yes! ITS FINALLY OUT!!!
based
I followed you because of this song, and now you've remade it, I cannot be happier! but too bad you didn't use the remake to insert the verse you made about when he struck down Thor's rat-infested idol.
Aye, was considering it here as well, but I didn't want to make it too long.. Maybe for the 2040 remaster, haha
@@SkaldBard I wish you a long life to 2040 and beyond
Já!!!!!
Ek bíðr þat ok þú gefir mér þann gjöf. Þakka þér fyrir!!!
Ekkert mál!
Skald!
hello friend, how you manage this is amazing. This song is actually the one that introduced me to your channel - and i've loved every second since.
Loving the work as always man. lovely melodies on her and i will always appreciate the effort you put into this
for your next video perhaps do the entirety of the saga - if you won't then i will! Been looking for a challenge
as always great work man
God bless
-Louis
Excellent work.
Would you consider doing songs in the language of the Normans(jerriais)?
Not many know Bohemond and the normans helped establish the first crusader state before Jerusalem was even taken.
I am indeed looking into some Norman stuff I could do! Indeed, I'll probably make one about them at some point. Thanks for the suggestion
@@SkaldBard
thank you, fortune and health to you, bard!
This guy must make a song of Vlad the Impaler in Old Romanian 🇷🇴☦️💯
That would be pretty chad actually
@SkaldBard Huge W💯
Yay saint viking, one of the last saints for both Catholics and Orthodox
Keep it up my friend, always improving loving it. Weird request I have for you if you are interested, I think with your talent's you could do s pretty great middle ages style cover of the Icelandic anthem. Just putting it out there in the cosmos keep doing what you are doing. Kóngur!
Bådte Olafane é swärre kärrar men jäj tôkker mäjr ôm Olaf Trôggvarłssön ettersôm hânn haver hístorja í hemlanné
Yderst fagert ow fô e nygjära ôm en af dôm mäst glömte Helgåne, Olaf Harallssön ❤
Can you make an Old Frisian song? I'd also love to see more Celtic stuff!
Sounds great! Are you planning to make some anglo-saxon pagan songs?
Great song Skald! How long does it take you to write, record, edit and then release your songs? I'm very interested in the process.
Are you able to make a song in Pictish? I know there’s not a lot of information on the language itself but I’ve been curious how it sounds for a long time since it’s a Brythonic language but so distant from the tongues to the south that there was probably no mutual intelligibility. If you have enough resources to put one together that would be amazing!
I wonder if icelanders and norwegians can understand it. German is my first language, and I unfortunately, can't understand nothing.
Was he a Catholic Saint?
Aye, Pope Alexander III recognised him in 1164, but he's venerated in the Orthodox Church too
@@SkaldBard Ok. Thank you.
Run. Run forest run. Run oh forest run. Run oh forest you run. Here comes your nemisist with a loaded gun!
Very good, but don't the percussion drums sound a bit like modern beat music? Wasn't the original version with more authentic-sounding percussion?
I just used a drum this time instead of the back of my Bouzouki lol
First