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Gealdýr Baldrs Draumar ( Official Lyric Video)
The Eddic poem Baldrs Draumar (Balder s Dreams) describes how the god Balder dreamed that his life was threatened and how his father, Odin, rode to Hel to investigate. He finds the grave of a völva and resurrects her. Their conversation follows, where the völva tells Odin about Baldr s fate. Gealdýr s rendition is based on the first few stanzas of the poem. Get the song on Bandcamp now: Baldrs Draumar will become available on all digital platforms in the coming days. Original Old Norse lyrics and English translation: Senn váru æsir allir á þingi ok ásynjur allar á máli, ok um þat réðu ríkir tívar, hví væri Baldri ballir draumar. Þá reið Óðinn fyrir austan dyrr, þar er hann vissi völu leiði; nam hann vittugri valgaldr kveða, unz nauðig reis, nás orð of kvað:
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