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Rollo

In a fjord at Møre,
A faeringseal layed ready,
A big guy sit by the oar,
And row between islands and waves.
 
And Earl Ragnvald he said,
My son is embarking now,
You will travel long alone,
Whether the king obtain peace or not.
 
And it was Rolv Gangar,
He row toward his ships,
They travelled to the celtic beaches,
His journey was around those lands.
 
They embark out on the ocean,
Until the wind took them towards land,
A headland without islets and fjords,
They called that land Brittany
 
And Rolv he rose in rank,
But the foothold in marquess took him,
The folk who learned to know him,
They called him Rollon le Marchant.
 
And Rolv he went on,
He went north in the land,
A greeneyed maiden he met,
And in Normandy they are now.
 
Then they met the king of the franks
If you want to stay in the land
Shall you and yours have the land
Sovereignty forever.
 

Sea Journey

Row out to get wind in the sails, now,
The knarr breaks the blue-green waves,
Far east in strait and fjord lay Tunsberg castle and town,
Journey out towards the west, towards sky, sea and cloud.
 
Those seahorses three are ready with crews aboard,
The wind takes hold and sails are ridden,
By the rudder guiding the ship, Ragnvald stands ready,
He steers by stars, streams and the ocean's currents.
 
And when we are down south in Norway's long land,
We lay out from Eigersund harbour,
With course for the Orkney Isles, and all the men are excited,
When those homely beaches behind great waves disappeared.
 
Then says Ragnvald Helmsman to listen closely now,
What warmth have those that are in the sea,
There under rides the keel, in the deep there is sung,
Of that life that lives in the sea, like ships in a harbour.
 

Queen Ellisiv

In the east, far to the north
In Novgorod, in the realm of the Rus1
In Novgorod, in the realm of the Rus
Jaroslav was a great lord
 
Jaroslav was the great lord
In the stronghold Almanrik, he lives
Daughters he had five of
Ellisiv was one of them
 
Queen ellisiv was she
Jaroslav was her father
Her betrothed king Harald
From the realm of Norway
 
Ellisiv was beautiful
Bore the finest clothes in the realm
She was oldest of five siblings
Her father put her on display
 
Skillful and tall, brave on horseback
All were called to feast in the castle hall
Suitors made their bids
Many wanted her for a bride
 
To Novgorod, a journey from the south
Dignified men and horses with adornment
Harald of Norway in full armour
From Constantinople came chests of gold2
 
Harald Hardråde became king
Took Ellisiv to Norway
Harald gave her a queens name
Lord Jaroslav approved of this
 
Novgorod, great in might
Meeting place of kingly splendour
Meeting place of kingly splendour
In medieval rejoicing and garments
 
Rejoicing and garments from near and far
Merchants gathered themselves there
Many wears from the east
Exchanged for silver from the north
 

• 1. 'Garðaríki' was the Norse name for the lands inhabited by the Rus
• 2. 'Miklagarðr' was the Norse name for Constantinople (modern Istanbul)