Svartsot: Nidvisen

[The song of hatred.
This song is based on several early sources of the way to destroy an enemy by turning the nature spirits against them. These sources include a runic inscription from Bergen and Egil's Saga. The process involved raising a hazel staff topped with a horses decapitated head, with the mouth opened in a gruesome grimace. All this was performed whilst uttering the correct formulas, which were carved into the hazel rod. Not an honest way to attack an enemy. The lyric is weitten in alliteration (as were many skaldik verses), the only proper sort of ryme for this subject.]
Hey! Skampletten sttes p dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamskndt, s skal du dmmes nidding!
Jeg rister bodruner, jeg rister blrgeruner,
Jeg rejser nidstangen, jeg retter den mod dig.
Hasselkppen hves, hestens stygge hoved griner,
Koldt, fra kroppen kappet, gabet gngger nu i tavshed,
gets de jne uden spor af mhed stirrer,
Over mrke marker, stangen knejser stolt y stilhed.
Hey! Skampletten sttes p dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamskndt, s skal du dmmes nidding!
Jeg sender dig argskab, jeg sender dig galskab,
Jeg sender dig pinsler, jeg rister rune tre.
Trolden, algen, tursen, trnger p i tussemrket,
Vtten aner varsler, farer vrgelst om i vanvid.
Rodls er hin rdvilde, revet ud af dvalens glemsel,
Den vil fred ej finde, fr du her fra landet flygter.
Hey! Skampletten sttes p dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamskndt, s skal du dmmes nidding!
Jeg kvder nifvisen, jeg kvder nag-visen,
Jeg kvder din modgang, mens stangen knejser stolt.
Dulgt' er dden dyster, dden din jeg spr i mulmen,
Varligt vlges ordet, gammel visdom deri vogtes,
Mrke ord jeg mler, rver magt fra mand og mandsling,
Disse ord jeg rder, disse ord jeg rister rette.
Hey! Skampletten sttes p dig, nidding!
Hey! Skamskndt, s skal du dmmes nidding!
Jeg rister bodruner, jeg rister blrgeruner,
Jeg rejser nidstangen, jeg retter den mod dig,
Jeg kvder nifvisen, jeg kvder nag-visen,
Jeg kvder din modgang, mens stangen knejser stolt.