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IT'S DANISH!!!!

Electro522·8/6/2017, 8:46:39 AM·6 votes·1,443 views

https://youtu.be/e47AEBnu9SQ

I figured you out Riot! You used Danish either directly, or as a VERY strong basis for "Ancient Freljordian". Don't believe me? Here's the lyrics translated to Danish.

Mørke røg udåndes, fra bjerghalvdelen Og vinden blæser gennem hule dells Skies klar som dag, skal snart blive grå Og du ved, du nærmer dig Ornn

At fjerne din vej er en kløft bred Howls stiger fra fathomless pits Men tæt står en bro, der er frosset efter tiden Og på tværs finder du Ornn

Ildflod, der skyr jorden Belyser hans kongerige af sten Og stål synger sin tone, som en gud står alene Den formende hånd, vi kender som Ornn

Gnister spring og flyver, fra den stjernefaldne malm Smedning hans værker guddommelig Bellows udbrud, med uhæmmet kraft Ikke længere tabt - Mountainsmith, Ornn.

There are differences, but, I think you can blame that on Google Translate not being able to translate perfectly. There could be use of slang and synonyms in the song, and, Google Translate has never been perfect.

But, you cannot tell me that the amount of similarities doesn't point to it being Danish.

19 Comments

The God of Cakes8/6/2017, 9:57:21 AM6 votes

Fits pretty well, but there are some mistakes in your translation. As a Dane, I'll try and list those I can:

"Mørke" should me "Mørkt".

I've honestly never heard the word "dells".

"Skies" would actually be "Himler".

Barring means "spærring", something that blocks your path, in this case a chasm.

"Howls" should be "Hyl". ("howls" is literally just english, not even translated)

"Fathomless" can be translated to words like "bundløs" (bottomless), "evig" (forever), etc. In context to the song, it means howls are coming from bottomless pits.

"Frosset efter tid" -> "Frosset af tid". "Af" means "By". Could also be "frosset gennem tid"

"And across, you'll soon find Ornn". This is a tricky one because of some words having multiple meanings. The correct translation would either be: "Og på den anden side, vil du snart finde Ornn", or "På tværs, vil du snart finde Ornn". The song sounds mostly like the second one, so lets go with that.

"Ildflod, der skyr jorden" should be "Flod af ild, der brænder jorden". "Skyr" means to Shun something or someone.

In this context, "som" in "som en gud står alene" should be "mens". This is because the "as" isn't there to compare the steel to a god, because then it would be "as a god that stands alone", but to signify the two things happening at the same time.

"Smedning has værker, guddommelige", not "Smedning hans værker guddommelig". punctuation is important!

"Bellows udbrud, med uhæmmet kraft" should be "Brøl (or words akin to roar) udbryder, med uhæmmet kræft".

Even though it's a title, and therefor wouldn't usually be translated, "The Mountainsmith" would be "Bjærgsmeden".

I would like to set up the song as it should be, but I don't have the time. And with these grammatical mistakes corrected in your text, it actually fits what they sing in the song even better!

Leyin8/6/2017, 10:48:25 AM2 votes

Frejord is a region in the north , sure that they use keltic languages, you can also figure out similea with Swedish and other languages

SEKAI8/6/2017, 10:09:45 AM1 votes

Omg, so if I can translate a this poem into Chinese, it means it's based on Chinese roots?

"But, you cannot tell me that the amount of similarities doesn't point to it being Danish." It's almost like the 2 poems are very similar because one is a translated version (into another language) of the other.

lol.

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Sure, maybe Riot did draw the poem's inspiration from Danish. But I don't believe how you arrived at the conclusion here is remotely justified.

Arakadia8/6/2017, 6:10:35 PM1 votes

Rad find!

Krabohod8/7/2017, 1:30:54 AM1 votes

That's pretty dope. It would be good to have full lyrics, but this is super cool finding :)

LongHair Fox8/7/2017, 6:25:27 AM1 votes

Hello, Dane here. It is not quite danish, I would link it closer to Norwegian. There are many similarities between the languages, especially in written form but the pronunciation is a lot closer to Norwegian than danish. I also think they put in some english words and some words from a 3rd (or even 4th?) language, but the singer does not always have an extremely clear pronunciation and Norwegian is not my first language so it is hard to say.