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My mother told me

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Translation by VL user Iþilmë, of the song My Mother Told Me (Þat Mælti Min Moðir). First posted on VL on 2025-08-03, reviewed by Chaered, posted here with permission.

The song was written during the ninth century in old Norse, based on a poem in an Icelandic saga called Egill’s Saga, about a famous Viking, Egill Skallagrimsson, an Icelandic warrior poet, sorcerer, berserker and farmer.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Amillenya quentë nin	  	Þat mælti mín móðir,
2	Umaurë homancuvan	 	at mér skyldi kaupa
3	Lunti ó marë palmar	   	fley ok fagrar árar,
4	Ciryasta palan falassennar	  	fara á brott með víkingum,
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6	Tarë or i lango	   	standa upp í stafni,
7	Arata cirya mentan	  	stýra dýrum knerri,
8	Talya tië i londennar	   	halda svá til hafnar
9	Macë rimi cottor	  	hǫggva mann ok annan. [2x]

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