Here’s another original song from me, this time in the Old Saxon language, otherwise known as Old Low German. Music, lyrics and performance by yours truly. This one is about Otto I the Great’s victory against the heathen Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955. I’ve tried to make the lyrics a little more traditional this time by using Germanic alliterative verse in the verses. Let me know what you think! Upon his father's death in 936, Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and kingship of the Germans. He carried on his father's mission to unite all of the German tribes into a single kingdom. The pagan Magyars were marauding and threatening the realm, a problem which Otto responded to strongly, beating them at the Battle of Lechfeld. The German victory secured the Kingdom of Germany and ended nomadic invasions into Western Europe. Following this triumph, Otto I was hailed as emperor and father of the fatherland, and he used his strengthened position as Defender of Christendom after the battle to pave the way for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 962. I hope you enjoy the song. Please like and share the video and leave a comment - I love reading them! If you’d like to support the channel, you could also consider leaving a donation at buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard. My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence. Many thanks for your kindness and support as always! Lyrics: An land lioƀarô liudiô was ên Sahso gisendid. Sprâkono spâhi was he, sô wildi wulf an giwinne. Is folk wunsama the was is werkô wân, was wiðar wamskaðon war: thea unhêlagon hêðinon. Thô Odo samnon hêt sô hwat sô an themu lande allorô strangoston thiudiskarô thegnô wârun. Sûðar Sahson sigun hebbiandie harm wið hertun, hwand quam manag hêðin man the haƀda hardan hugi. Hêl wis thu, Odo miklo! Heritogo, Kuning, Kêser! Fan Sahslande oƀar al waldand was he helið sînarô liudiô. Elithioda quam themu lande ja blôd ja sigi sôkiandia. He im slôg kraftô swerdô - thiudiska liudi ne sueltad neo! “Lât ûs nu ûs gisônian wið ûsa gadulingmâgos endi fehta fargetan that wi drohtin mârean môtin!” Thô ridun te giwinne hrossô hôfslaga hôriandie wið hêðin eoridfolk the brinnandie bogun bârun. “Gibâriad gi baldlîko, ne sî nu iu forht hugi, hwand wlanke weros sind thes rîkies thiudisken. Ên aftar ôðrumu fîund fellun im tô fuoton Hêl wis thu, Odo mîn, wirthis ja kuning ja kêser! Hêl wis thu, Odo miklo! Heritogo, Kuning, Kêser! Fan Sahslande oƀar all waldand was he helið sînarô liudiô. Elithioda quam themu lande ja blôd ja sigi sôkiandia. He im slôg kraftô swerdô, Thiudiska liudi ne sueltad neo!
Guþs sijaiþ miþ þus, skaldic ! I just want to say that āēōīū look much nicer, aesthetically, than âêôû, in my humble opinion. þ also kind of gives such a charm to the spelling, which th does not.
As a proud Bavarian who lives at Augsburg, since the Battle of Lechfeld is a great source of Pride for Augsburgians i of course got told about this great victory extensively ! On this day the first seeds of a unified German Empire were sown ! Thank you for this song and God with you !
Sehr geehrter Skalden Barde, Dankeschön für das Lied über Otto den Großen. Dem Vater des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation und Bezwinger der Ungarn auf dem Lechfeld am 11. August 955. Wieder einmal wunderbares musikalisches Meisterwerk, welches dem Erhalt des Christentums und des Okzident dient. Hochachtungsvoll, Bonifatius von Friesland
Wobei der Namenszusatz "Deutscher Nation" erst Jahrhunderte später dazu kam, Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts.^^ Im Bezug darauf also dann vermutlich eher sowas wie der Ur-Ur-Urgroßvater.
As always, we love your songs! I'm a Hungarian (magyar, as we call ourselves), nice to see some representation - even as the opposing side here! We call this battle as the "Battle of Augsburg", which ended the raiding parties towards Western Europe. The last successful raid was conducted against the Byzantine Empire in 968 nearby Thessaloniki, which was a smaller raiding force. Afterwards, most of the attempts were repelled - including the Battle of Arcadiopolis which was led by Sviatoslav I of Kiev, accompanied by many groups of warriors, which included us, magyars, too. As the aftermath, to be short, this led to the Christianization of the magyars and by the coronation of Stephen I of Hungary (in his original, pagan name: Vajk), the Kingdom of Hungary was born. Skald, don't stop with your composing!
As a German, l firmly believe that this battle ended the Magyar age of the horse and saw it become a Christian and European kingdom. One battle and two incredible nations were born. Truly an incredible day for Europe and Christendom
Thanks for singing in Old Saxon, I thought it was Old English but then I read the description 😬 It's Old low German 😍😍😍. Thanks brother for your song, you made my day yesterday and today! 💛💛💛
Few things are as epic and endlessly listenable as songs about heroism and victory against impending doom sung in an ancient or medieval language with the right combination of male vocals, infectious melody and instrumentation.
Excellent work! 😃😊👍 Perhaps of interest to the British: Buried in Magdeburg Cathedral (Saxony-Anhalt) lies the first wife of the Saxon-German Emperor Otto I, Princess Ædgyth of England, granddaughter of Alfred the Great, Queen consort of Germany! This marriage was also intended to strengthen the alliance between the two Saxon kingdoms, including in the fight against the Vikings. BTW: Not all Saxons and Angles left Germany, most of them stayed here. Many of the Angles moved to Thuringia. All places in Germany with the term ‘Angel’ (Engel) still show this today. (You understand? England...). Descendants of the Angles therefore also live in Thuringia. The Old Saxons continued to live in northern Germany (today: Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Saxony-Anhalt), Otto the Great was the first Saxon on the German (East-Franconian) imperial throne. Greetings from North Saxony Anhalt! Hengist and Horsa! Wesad gi hele! ua-cam.com/video/DJpAfDum4Cs/v-deo.html
Wes hāl brother When our ancestors brought us English to this island whole Anglo Saxon community move us here but I’m not saying they all left our ancestral homeland clearly not because when we got here and wæs taking the land from the Celtic tribes we call on our kin for more aid and they did exactly that we English no our origin and where we originated from and we our proud of that and our heritage 🏴✊🏻🇩🇪
@@Æthelstān-thé-glørîøüs-96 In Germany, the leader of the pagan Saxons ‘Widukind’ (also known as Wittekind or Wittikund) fought against the Christian Franks in the 8th century. In Germany (there in Sax-Land) also stood the shrine of all pagan Saxons, IRMINSUL (or Erminsul)! This Saxon sanctuary was probably located near the Eresburg. In the end, the Saxons lost the battle and became Christians - just like in England. (And Otto the Great, as a Christian, became the first Saxon to become German Emperor) Have you ever visited the ‘Thorsberg moor’ in the Angeln-Germany region, the sacred sacrificial site of the ANGELS? The archaeological finds are exhibited in Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, including the Nydam ship - a ship of the Angles!😎 The Angel people are not a Danish tribe. The Danes lived somewhere else at that time and only came to this region later!🤨
We just named our daughter Adelaide after Saint Empress Adelaide. What an enjoyable thing to listen to. Thank you for making these incredible songs. ☦️😊👍
Good morning Skaldic Bard! I love it when Dr. Ludwig and you post at the same time. Btw I don't think I have ever seen Old Seaxon put to song, or in written form. Thank you!
He was King in my Homeland. And his second Wife was a big Woman in my Hometown Quedlinburg. I'am not a Christian, but i have Respect for this two Persons. This Song is very good 👍🏻👍🏻
Hail Otto the Great! Son of the house of Liudolf! Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans, King of Italy! First Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire! Defender of Europe and Christendom! Wielder of the Holy Lance, the Spear of Destiny! I bow to you!
Very good Skaldic Bard, Otto was one of the greatest kings we have in christendom. May I suggest an idea? Do one for San Fernando III, saint-king of Castille that crushed the moors, after his reign their destiny was settled and the end of the Reconquista was just a matter of time. You could try to make it on the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" style.
Old Saxon seems so much closer to Old English than High German. Its possible that Otto the Great's wife, Eadgyth of Wessex, wouldn't have needed any language lessons since they would have probably been almost mutually intelligible speaking in their own languages and would have made sense of the differences quick enough. Louis IV of West Francia/ France, who grew up in England with his maternal uncle King Aethelstan from the ages of 3 to 16 and probably spoke Old English as his first language, also had no difficulty communicating with Otto and indeed the proceedings at the Synod of Ingelheim in 948 were translated into the "lingua teudisca (presumably Saxon rather than Old High German)" so that Otto and Louis would understand.
Because Old Saxon is from the Low German branch. High German and Low German differ greatly. Even today. But High German aspects became way more dominant in the written language, that is why Modern Standard German (which is also called "High German", which is misleading) resembles the High German dialects more than the Low German ones.
This is normal (it was the Angles, the Saxons and the Nordics who founded England) and Old Saxon greatly influenced Old English but in Germany there were other influences such as Old Frankish for example.
I married to a German woman with two strong well-built boys when came to north Germany(Schleswig-Holstein) 2 decades ago. I learned High-German and understand some forms of different Germanic dialects. My father in-law and mother in-law and their families who all are living on the country side also speak Low-German which I was told the language of the old Saxons(West-Germanic) and is closest to old Norse(North Germanic). Hearing the old Saxon song is felt like Odin is about to return to Earth again🖤❤💛
Only that otto the great was catholic and also founded the literall holy roman empire and btw here in germany it was wotan and donar and not odin and thor
@@BanjoSick You all shared the same roots(language, culture and religion) 😅 irrespective of whether or not the ancient Germanic genes did different things in time ;-)
If you are Saxon or German, his name is Wodan (or Woden in English, or Wotan in modern German). Odin is how the Scandinavians call him. Thor is called Donar btw.
Every time I give a listen to old germanic languages i have a feeling this is some kind of fantasy. But realizing they are history makes it even better.
One day the saxons will reap what they sown. The proud Celtic peoples will get the last laugh. Heil king Arthur! Praise William Wallace! 🇮🇲🏴🏴🇮🇪
Skald! Sorry for the late comment, I have been in the middle of nowhere for a number of days and it would be an understatement to say that seeing a new upload from you was jubilating. I like this language, ever so slightly different so that I have no clue what you’re saying but similar enough I make it out, if you know what I mean. Still working out the circumflexes’ indication in this language. And interesting to see the use of ð over þ in all circumstances. And a nice site is the J being used. A new language is always an interesting experience, and I’m glad you share this knowledge for the world, especially as I’m not familiar at all with this language. Lovely instrumental too. The strings and percussion complimented each other and the language very well. I think the consonant-heavy syllables really suit it. Thank you as always Skald Keep up the good work God Bless
As a German, thank you for the good song about my favourite king, and our pious emperor, Otto the Great, pater patriae, for the music, and for the use of Old Saxon. I love it. 🔥👏
Letter from Frederick Barbarossa to Saladin about the strength of the German people (and other peoples of the HRE): "You have desecrated the Holy Land that we reign over by the grace of the Eternal King (...). We demand that you return the land with everything you have stolen. Otherwise, we will start a war: we set the date for one year after November 1 for a trial by combat, by the merit of the living Cross and the true Saint Joseph. With the help of God, you will see the strength of our conquering eagle, our battalions of many races, the Germanic power fighting in peace. The untamed people from the source of the Rhine, the youths of the Danube who never retreat, the tall Bavarians, cunning Swabians. Then you will see our watchful Franks, the swordsmen of Saxony, the tireless Burgundians, the cruel Alpine tribes, the death-thirsty Bohemians, the savage Bolognese, the navigators of Venice, the captains of Pisa. Finally, on the date I mentioned, for the glory of Christ, you will see that my right hand, which you accuse of weakness due to age, has not forgotten how to wield a sword." - Itinerarium regis Ricardi
But then Barbarossa, who had the biggest army in Europe and was at the peak of his power, died while going to the Holy Land. He was leading his army there over Anatolia because it was too big to be transported in ships. If he had reached Jerusalem the Thrid Crusade would have been surely won by the European Crusaders.
@@randomdude2026He managed to lead the army intact to Anatolia, but unfortunately, he di3d. However, he was able to defeat the Turks in some battles (even s@cking their capital). After the emperor died, his army suffered from a disease and was annihilated, unfortunately. At least Frederich di3d as a penitent, for a man who fought against the Pope all his life, in the end, di3d on a mission to defend Christianity.
@@vojtechotava1417 Some ancestors of mine hailed from Moravia, hopefully I can learn Czech so I can visit it one day. Edit: Is it considered a dialect or language? I read that it was a dialect but, I can't really trust Wikipedia.
@@haroldgōdwinessunu We do not exactly have the "Moravian" language. We speak Czech all over the republic. You would find small differences in fringe regional dialects, but only in the shape of a few words, not in a language as a whole. Learn Czech and you will effectively learn "Moravian" 😄 I must warn you though. Although the claim about the difficulty of a language is used by many nations, the Czech is indeed particularly hard to master. It's a Slavic language, hence it has nothing similar to English.
This is beautiful. I love Germania ❤❤❤. Could you make the Rúne Song by Skald but in Old High German/ Proto German or even Old Frankish how you prefer. Please broþar 🙏🙏🙏
Well this sounds somewhat happy for me but i must confess that i really enjoy every melody of yours and they make me quite courageous and powerful despite their subject plus it is a great history lesson. Keep it up i can’t wait for the next song. 😁
As someone who speaks English and poor German, this at first just sounds like a stoke... it sounds so much like something I'm meant to understand but I don't understand most of it, I love it even if I feel like I have dementia...
As an English speaker I would say that I find Frankish more understandable than Old Saxon yet both sound pleasant in my opinion. Maybe the Old Saxons preserved more of the older Germanic languages while western German dialects seem to get closer to modern German in that time period. That is just a guess.
@@sethfrisbie3957I've always had better luck understanding Dutch dialects myself irregardless of its low German dialect in East Netherlands, Frisian in North Netherlands, or a Franconian Dutch dialect in the rest of the Netherlands, I've always found Dutch dialects easier to understand.
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 in my case it is the opposite with Dutch then again I learned more German than Dutch. We can say that with different people comes different experiences.
@@sethfrisbie3957 i think that's because different people probably understand different German dialects better depending on the media of language they listen to.
@@sethfrisbie3957 That guess is true. The changes that made modern German all originated in the south and south west. For Example: The second German Consonant Shift did NOT happen in the north of Germany. That is why you still have dialects in northern Germany that say "Water" (standard German: Wasser; Engl: water) or "slapen" (standard German: schlafen; Engl: sleep) If it weren't for the French influence in English, English would be much closer to the old Germanic language than modern German. But because of the French influence English changed much and often seems to be a mixed Romance-Germanic language.
WHAÐA HECK I WAS LITERALLY YESTERDAY SEACHING ABOUT OLD SAXON LENGUAGE BY THE FRIST TIME ON MY LIFE BECAUSE I GOT CURIOSUS AFTER HAD STARTED TO PLAY WITH SAXONY IN CK2 IN 769!! Yes I am already used to seach about ancient indo-european lenguages a lot, but yet it is too much of coincidence!
Great song! I especially love your accent in all the Germanic songs, it sounds so legit, it's epic I also noticed how you called Otto Kêser in this song and listening to it I vision himself being crowned Roman Emperor and the reaction the common folk had to this declaration, it really gives goosebumps!
Skald I cant wait to see another Gothic song. How about tale of Theodoric the Great, Roman Emperor of Gothic origin in all but name? Also cool song, otto the great really did a little trolling
His men were outnumbered. Even then they had the faith in their king. The king held strict discipline not allowing them to break formation and holding the line. Which brought him victory. A man who truly was great
Love this one. I’ve been listening to a lot of videos about the Holy Roman Empire since this came out. Any chance you’d do a song in old Alemannic? I’d imagine it would be somewhat similar to high Frankonian.
Thanks, friend. I actually have Old English Agni Parthene coming soon, but will make a note for Gothic at some point. The main linguistic source for this was the Old Saxon poem Heliand
Interesante, un canto que habla sobre Oton el Grande, pero es aún más interesante, como reconstruyeron el sajon antiguo, si ya no se habla, en que se basaron para reconstruirlo. Saludos
is it me or all your songs about the historical figures sound like an invocation that should revive them to fight yet again in the new world we're living in?
Something I think would make a good song would be the song of Aethelflaed. The daughter of King Alfred of Wessex and the Lady of Mercia. Anyways, love your work!
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Here’s another original song from me, this time in the Old Saxon language, otherwise known as Old Low German. Music, lyrics and performance by yours truly. This one is about Otto I the Great’s victory against the heathen Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955.
I’ve tried to make the lyrics a little more traditional this time by using Germanic alliterative verse in the verses. Let me know what you think!
Upon his father's death in 936, Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and kingship of the Germans. He carried on his father's mission to unite all of the German tribes into a single kingdom. The pagan Magyars were marauding and threatening the realm, a problem which Otto responded to strongly, beating them at the Battle of Lechfeld. The German victory secured the Kingdom of Germany and ended nomadic invasions into Western Europe. Following this triumph, Otto I was hailed as emperor and father of the fatherland, and he used his strengthened position as Defender of Christendom after the battle to pave the way for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 962.
I hope you enjoy the song. Please like and share the video and leave a comment - I love reading them! If you’d like to support the channel, you could also consider leaving a donation at buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard.
My intention is exclusively to teach history and languages through song. I do not condone, endorse or seek to glorify violence.
Many thanks for your kindness and support as always!
Lyrics:
An land lioƀarô liudiô
was ên Sahso gisendid.
Sprâkono spâhi was he,
sô wildi wulf an giwinne.
Is folk wunsama
the was is werkô wân,
was wiðar wamskaðon war:
thea unhêlagon hêðinon.
Thô Odo samnon hêt
sô hwat sô an themu lande
allorô strangoston
thiudiskarô thegnô wârun.
Sûðar Sahson sigun
hebbiandie harm wið hertun,
hwand quam manag hêðin man
the haƀda hardan hugi.
Hêl wis thu, Odo miklo!
Heritogo, Kuning, Kêser!
Fan Sahslande oƀar al waldand
was he helið sînarô liudiô.
Elithioda quam themu lande
ja blôd ja sigi sôkiandia.
He im slôg kraftô swerdô -
thiudiska liudi ne sueltad neo!
“Lât ûs nu ûs gisônian
wið ûsa gadulingmâgos
endi fehta fargetan
that wi drohtin mârean môtin!”
Thô ridun te giwinne
hrossô hôfslaga hôriandie
wið hêðin eoridfolk
the brinnandie bogun bârun.
“Gibâriad gi baldlîko,
ne sî nu iu forht hugi,
hwand wlanke weros sind
thes rîkies thiudisken.
Ên aftar ôðrumu
fîund fellun im tô fuoton
Hêl wis thu, Odo mîn,
wirthis ja kuning ja kêser!
Hêl wis thu, Odo miklo!
Heritogo, Kuning, Kêser!
Fan Sahslande oƀar all waldand
was he helið sînarô liudiô.
Elithioda quam themu lande
ja blôd ja sigi sôkiandia.
He im slôg kraftô swerdô,
Thiudiska liudi ne sueltad neo!
T’is but anofer bangr m’lord!
Guþs sijaiþ miþ þus, skaldic ! I just want to say that āēōīū look much nicer, aesthetically, than âêôû, in my humble opinion. þ also kind of gives such a charm to the spelling, which th does not.
I love it! It sounds epic. I am going on a trip, and will be hiking in some mountains and this song will be so epic for the trip.
As far as I'm concerned, more historical is always better. In any case, it's a banger as usual.
This is awesome, thank you for singing the name Þiudiskō. Þankaz brōþēr 💛
As a proud Bavarian who lives at Augsburg, since the Battle of Lechfeld is a great source of Pride for Augsburgians i of course got told about this great victory extensively ! On this day the first seeds of a unified German Empire were sown ! Thank you for this song and God with you !
@@Your_Eagle_One Wonderful! God bless you and mighty Bavaria, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been with the friendliest people you'll meet!
Sehr geehrter Skalden Barde,
Dankeschön für das Lied über Otto den Großen.
Dem Vater des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation und Bezwinger der Ungarn auf dem Lechfeld am 11. August 955.
Wieder einmal wunderbares musikalisches Meisterwerk, welches dem Erhalt des Christentums und des Okzident dient.
Hochachtungsvoll,
Bonifatius von Friesland
Danke schön!
Wobei der Namenszusatz "Deutscher Nation" erst Jahrhunderte später dazu kam, Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts.^^
Im Bezug darauf also dann vermutlich eher sowas wie der Ur-Ur-Urgroßvater.
As always, we love your songs!
I'm a Hungarian (magyar, as we call ourselves), nice to see some representation - even as the opposing side here!
We call this battle as the "Battle of Augsburg", which ended the raiding parties towards Western Europe. The last successful raid was conducted against the Byzantine Empire in 968 nearby Thessaloniki, which was a smaller raiding force.
Afterwards, most of the attempts were repelled - including the Battle of Arcadiopolis which was led by Sviatoslav I of Kiev, accompanied by many groups of warriors, which included us, magyars, too.
As the aftermath, to be short, this led to the Christianization of the magyars and by the coronation of Stephen I of Hungary (in his original, pagan name: Vajk), the Kingdom of Hungary was born.
Skald, don't stop with your composing!
Hungary is indeed also a glorious nation. Thanks a lot for the support, my friend
As a German, l firmly believe that this battle ended the Magyar age of the horse and saw it become a Christian and European kingdom. One battle and two incredible nations were born. Truly an incredible day for Europe and Christendom
Haha we got you good there at the Lech river
He can't be stopped!
Love the alliteration used, one of my favourite features of Germanic poetry.
Otto der Große and the old Saxon? (what happiness) thank you friend.
As a Hungarian, I like it! Awesome work! Indeed, the victory over the Magyars, who were heathen foreigners strenghtened Otto's rule
Whenever I see a notification from Skaldic Bard, I need to check immediatelly. And happily, I was never upset to do so.
The Skaldic Bard, as a Frenchman, I admire your work!
Greetings from Westphalia ,a part of old saxony ! ♥
Yes Finally!! Great Work this is soo good i love it. Love from germany❤
Please never stop making music, you're amazing!! Love from wild Shetland
Thanks a lot! Cool to hear from a Shetlander :-)
Yet another great song from the Bard. I dont know how you do it man
Thanks for singing in Old Saxon, I thought it was Old English but then I read the description 😬
It's Old low German 😍😍😍. Thanks brother for your song, you made my day yesterday and today! 💛💛💛
I've never added a song to my playlist so fast, this is incredible! Your songs are best with fast tones like this one's
God bless Otto the Great!
Great Emperor Otto Of Saxony...Imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, Re dei Romani. Greetings from Italy. 🇮🇹🤝🇩🇪
Very exciting stuff I'm excited to see you do more with Old Saxon
This one SLAPS. THIS is the type of stuff that should be playing on radios everywhere. Awesome melody, harmonization and theme. Old Saxon is cool.
Sorry, but they're too busy playing American (hood) rap music
@@K0EN And other stuff....
This has to be one of my favourite Skaldic Bard songs
❤ indeed Anglo Saxon German 🇩🇪 medieval song bringing back your ancestry
As a north german I am very happy to see this video about our king!
Welp another one that I won’t be able to get out of my head. Love from Minnesota!
Few things are as epic and endlessly listenable as songs about heroism and victory against impending doom sung in an ancient or medieval language with the right combination of male vocals, infectious melody and instrumentation.
And the songs they'll make for our future victory over the great struggle....hard to imagine
I can never get over how you make the beat of these songs such a fucking banger every time. You just be out here making some badass music.
Means a lot man, thanks
Thank you for the song. As a total germanophile it makes me so happy to finally have a German song.
Same 😊
Old Saxon is not German, though.
@@TheMichaelK its a precursor
Skaldic Bard outdoes himself with every song!
What a banger, my new favorite, greetings from Saxony
Awesome
Excellent work! 😃😊👍
Perhaps of interest to the British:
Buried in Magdeburg Cathedral (Saxony-Anhalt) lies the first wife of the Saxon-German Emperor Otto I, Princess Ædgyth of England, granddaughter of Alfred the Great, Queen consort of Germany!
This marriage was also intended to strengthen the alliance between the two Saxon kingdoms, including in the fight against the Vikings.
BTW: Not all Saxons and Angles left Germany, most of them stayed here.
Many of the Angles moved to Thuringia. All places in Germany with the term ‘Angel’ (Engel) still show this today. (You understand? England...).
Descendants of the Angles therefore also live in Thuringia.
The Old Saxons continued to live in northern Germany (today: Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Saxony-Anhalt), Otto the Great was the first Saxon on the German (East-Franconian) imperial throne.
Greetings from North Saxony Anhalt!
Hengist and Horsa!
Wesad gi hele!
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Wes hāl brother When our ancestors brought us English to this island whole Anglo Saxon community move us here but I’m not saying they all left our ancestral homeland clearly not because when we got here and wæs taking the land from the Celtic tribes we call on our kin for more aid and they did exactly that we English no our origin and where we originated from and we our proud of that and our heritage 🏴✊🏻🇩🇪
@@Æthelstān-thé-glørîøüs-96
In Germany, the leader of the pagan Saxons ‘Widukind’ (also known as Wittekind or Wittikund) fought against the Christian Franks in the 8th century.
In Germany (there in Sax-Land) also stood the shrine of all pagan Saxons, IRMINSUL (or Erminsul)!
This Saxon sanctuary was probably located near the Eresburg.
In the end, the Saxons lost the battle and became Christians - just like in England.
(And Otto the Great, as a Christian, became the first Saxon to become German Emperor)
Have you ever visited the ‘Thorsberg moor’ in the Angeln-Germany region, the sacred sacrificial site of the ANGELS? The archaeological finds are exhibited in Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, including the Nydam ship - a ship of the Angles!😎
The Angel people are not a Danish tribe.
The Danes lived somewhere else at that time and only came to this region later!🤨
From a German traditional Catholic with great love for his fatherland: Thank you very much!
Based
Based german! 🗿
@@JoaoVictorRodrigues-wr3pd We are few nowadays, but we have a strong network. Greetings to all European brothers!
Red deutsch!
@@hansmeier3287 Warum soll ich deutsch reden, wenn ich mit Menschen spreche, die kein Deutsch sprechen?
We just named our daughter Adelaide after Saint Empress Adelaide. What an enjoyable thing to listen to. Thank you for making these incredible songs. ☦️😊👍
Hwerom net Adelheid yn stee fen Adelaide?
The alliteration is absolutely wonderful, I hope to see it more from now on!
One of the few people taking ancient or archaic languages and making catchy-as-hell, badass music on par with Farya Faraji!
FINALLY A SAXON SONG!
Dank di SkaldicBard dat du endelyke een leed op oldsassisk maakt hest.
Veel lefde uet Holsteen.
Much love from Holstein.
Very cool to hear a song so similar sounding to Old English
Well, Saxons (and Anglos) created England Kingdom.
Impressive as always!Thank you Mr Bard!!
Good morning Skaldic Bard! I love it when Dr. Ludwig and you post at the same time. Btw I don't think I have ever seen Old Seaxon put to song, or in written form. Thank you!
He was King in my Homeland. And his second Wife was a big Woman in my Hometown Quedlinburg. I'am not a Christian, but i have Respect for this two Persons. This Song is very good 👍🏻👍🏻
Do you mean Heinrich Der Vogler's wife?
Another song on my to learn list. The melody is really hypnotic
Hail Otto the Great! Son of the house of Liudolf! Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans, King of Italy! First Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire! Defender of Europe and Christendom! Wielder of the Holy Lance, the Spear of Destiny! I bow to you!
Very good Skaldic Bard, Otto was one of the greatest kings we have in christendom. May I suggest an idea? Do one for San Fernando III, saint-king of Castille that crushed the moors, after his reign their destiny was settled and the end of the Reconquista was just a matter of time. You could try to make it on the "Cantigas de Santa Maria" style.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Old Saxon seems so much closer to Old English than High German. Its possible that Otto the Great's wife, Eadgyth of Wessex, wouldn't have needed any language lessons since they would have probably been almost mutually intelligible speaking in their own languages and would have made sense of the differences quick enough. Louis IV of West Francia/ France, who grew up in England with his maternal uncle King Aethelstan from the ages of 3 to 16 and probably spoke Old English as his first language, also had no difficulty communicating with Otto and indeed the proceedings at the Synod of Ingelheim in 948 were translated into the "lingua teudisca (presumably Saxon rather than Old High German)" so that Otto and Louis would understand.
Because Old Saxon is from the Low German branch. High German and Low German differ greatly. Even today. But High German aspects became way more dominant in the written language, that is why Modern Standard German (which is also called "High German", which is misleading) resembles the High German dialects more than the Low German ones.
This is normal (it was the Angles, the Saxons and the Nordics who founded England) and Old Saxon greatly influenced Old English but in Germany there were other influences such as Old Frankish for example.
@@100bmw9 don't forget the frisians! ppl often forget the frisians
@@orangeanarchy235 Fryslân my beloved.
@@100bmw9 Bit misleading since Anglia is located in modern day south Denmark in other words the nordics.
I'm telling you right now: You have outdone yourself with this one. One of your best!
Thanks man!
On my latest listen. Probably my favorite song of yours, sir. I've yet to hear one that surpasses this.
Awesome stuff man
I married to a German woman with two strong well-built boys when came to north Germany(Schleswig-Holstein) 2 decades ago. I learned High-German and understand some forms of different Germanic dialects. My father in-law and mother in-law and their families who all are living on the country side also speak Low-German which I was told the language of the old Saxons(West-Germanic) and is closest to old Norse(North Germanic). Hearing the old Saxon song is felt like Odin is about to return to Earth again🖤❤💛
Only that otto the great was catholic and also founded the literall holy roman empire and btw here in germany it was wotan and donar and not odin and thor
@@Slava_bozeto us English we call them Woden tiw and thunor 🏴👍🏻🇩🇪
UUodan, please. We are civilized Saxons not Norse dogs.
@@BanjoSick You all shared the same roots(language, culture and religion) 😅 irrespective of whether or not the ancient Germanic genes did different things in time ;-)
If you are Saxon or German, his name is Wodan (or Woden in English, or Wotan in modern German). Odin is how the Scandinavians call him. Thor is called Donar btw.
Our continental brothers, the Low Saxons.
It`s a beautiful sound! Thanks
Absolutely wonderful!
Every time I give a listen to old germanic languages i have a feeling this is some kind of fantasy. But realizing they are history makes it even better.
Love from Greece🇬🇷
Always amazing.Hail The Skaldic Bard!
Hail to you, friend. Many thanks
This one goes unreasonably hard
IK DANK DY VÖÄR DIT AFSLUUTS SKÖYNE LEED!!
I THANK U FOR THIS!! GREETINGS FROM A LOW SAXON SPEAKER IN NORTHERN GERMANY!!!
Awesome, greetings from England
All Best vun een ollnboorgisk Freese, min sassisk Broer.
😘🤝
What a banger of a song!
I live in Augsburg. We just celebrated the St. Ulrich year, who fought amongst Otto. In the painting, he is riding next to him, facing the heavens
Saxons, kinsfolk of the Anglo-Saxons, my ancestors.
One day the saxons will reap what they sown. The proud Celtic peoples will get the last laugh. Heil king Arthur! Praise William Wallace! 🇮🇲🏴🏴🇮🇪
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@@-._A2._- lmao you lost
All English children should be taught old Anglo Saxon in school, and know where they come from🏴
Well bloody said mate ✊🏻
My family came here from a region in yorkshire in the 1890’s, ac min anglisc blod byrnaþ breort!
This is the chad moment of Germany's history.
Skald!
Sorry for the late comment, I have been in the middle of nowhere for a number of days and it would be an understatement to say that seeing a new upload from you was jubilating.
I like this language, ever so slightly different so that I have no clue what you’re saying but similar enough I make it out, if you know what I mean. Still working out the circumflexes’ indication in this language. And interesting to see the use of ð over þ in all circumstances. And a nice site is the J being used.
A new language is always an interesting experience, and I’m glad you share this knowledge for the world, especially as I’m not familiar at all with this language.
Lovely instrumental too. The strings and percussion complimented each other and the language very well. I think the consonant-heavy syllables really suit it.
Thank you as always Skald
Keep up the good work
God Bless
beautiful and powerful masterpiece
As a German, thank you for the good song about my favourite king, and our pious emperor, Otto the Great, pater patriae, for the music, and for the use of Old Saxon. I love it. 🔥👏
Holy smokes! That turnover from comment suggestion, to song! It's incredible, brother.
The chef has cooked again 🔥
Skald, you make me very happy.
Letter from Frederick Barbarossa to Saladin about the strength of the German people (and other peoples of the HRE):
"You have desecrated the Holy Land that we reign over by the grace of the Eternal King (...). We demand that you return the land with everything you have stolen. Otherwise, we will start a war: we set the date for one year after November 1 for a trial by combat, by the merit of the living Cross and the true Saint Joseph.
With the help of God, you will see the strength of our conquering eagle, our battalions of many races, the Germanic power fighting in peace. The untamed people from the source of the Rhine, the youths of the Danube who never retreat, the tall Bavarians, cunning Swabians. Then you will see our watchful Franks, the swordsmen of Saxony, the tireless Burgundians, the cruel Alpine tribes, the death-thirsty Bohemians, the savage Bolognese, the navigators of Venice, the captains of Pisa.
Finally, on the date I mentioned, for the glory of Christ, you will see that my right hand, which you accuse of weakness due to age, has not forgotten how to wield a sword." - Itinerarium regis Ricardi
This is the most glorious thing I've read today. I wonder where to find more.
But then Barbarossa, who had the biggest army in Europe and was at the peak of his power, died while going to the Holy Land. He was leading his army there over Anatolia because it was too big to be transported in ships. If he had reached Jerusalem the Thrid Crusade would have been surely won by the European Crusaders.
@@samuelfreisinger5580is from the medieval chronicle called "Itinerarium Regis Ricardi"
@@randomdude2026He managed to lead the army intact to Anatolia, but unfortunately, he di3d. However, he was able to defeat the Turks in some battles (even s@cking their capital). After the emperor died, his army suffered from a disease and was annihilated, unfortunately. At least Frederich di3d as a penitent, for a man who fought against the Pope all his life, in the end, di3d on a mission to defend Christianity.
This is one of the best quotes I've ever read, thanks for sharing
This is definitely going in the ck3 playlist
Based
Hail Victory 🤩! The old bards would be proud of you!
The aliteration goes so hard with this one.
Absolutely brilliant!
This song is sponsored by true Ottonian Patriots.
First song in Saxon! I love the letter ƀ, it makes do much sense next to ð!
Especially since IT turned into v
Another ultimate banger from the Bard!
@@vojtechotava1417 Moravian profile picture?
@@haroldgōdwinessunu Indeed. I hail from Moravia.
@@vojtechotava1417 Some ancestors of mine hailed from Moravia, hopefully I can learn Czech so I can visit it one day.
Edit: Is it considered a dialect or language? I read that it was a dialect but, I can't really trust Wikipedia.
@@haroldgōdwinessunu We do not exactly have the "Moravian" language. We speak Czech all over the republic. You would find small differences in fringe regional dialects, but only in the shape of a few words, not in a language as a whole.
Learn Czech and you will effectively learn "Moravian" 😄
I must warn you though. Although the claim about the difficulty of a language is used by many nations, the Czech is indeed particularly hard to master. It's a Slavic language, hence it has nothing similar to English.
Allvaldr ert þú,hvér treystir,er þú gefir oss sanga fagra sem þess? Engi,en hér er þat. Mikill!!
For some reason my cat really likes this song
@@JohntheFancy Based crusader kitty
This is beautiful. I love Germania ❤❤❤. Could you make the Rúne Song by Skald but in Old High German/ Proto German or even Old Frankish how you prefer.
Please broþar 🙏🙏🙏
Will this one end up on spotify anytime soon? Thank you for the tunes they are an amazing listen.
Well this sounds somewhat happy for me but i must confess that i really enjoy every melody of yours and they make me quite courageous and powerful despite their subject plus it is a great history lesson. Keep it up i can’t wait for the next song. 😁
Gänsehaut pur!
Has anyone else noticed that saxony is in a completely different place than it was in Otto’s time?
As someone who speaks English and poor German, this at first just sounds like a stoke... it sounds so much like something I'm meant to understand but I don't understand most of it, I love it even if I feel like I have dementia...
Catholic Germans are based warriors of Christ!
Respect from a Brazilian catholic.✝🇻🇦🇧🇷🤝🏻🇩🇪🇻🇦✝
As a German i must say this is more different than i thought it would be. Old Frankish seems to be more similar to modern German.
As an English speaker I would say that I find Frankish more understandable than Old Saxon yet both sound pleasant in my opinion. Maybe the Old Saxons preserved more of the older Germanic languages while western German dialects seem to get closer to modern German in that time period. That is just a guess.
@@sethfrisbie3957I've always had better luck understanding Dutch dialects myself irregardless of its low German dialect in East Netherlands, Frisian in North Netherlands, or a Franconian Dutch dialect in the rest of the Netherlands, I've always found Dutch dialects easier to understand.
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 in my case it is the opposite with Dutch then again I learned more German than Dutch.
We can say that with different people comes different experiences.
@@sethfrisbie3957 i think that's because different people probably understand different German dialects better depending on the media of language they listen to.
@@sethfrisbie3957 That guess is true. The changes that made modern German all originated in the south and south west. For Example: The second German Consonant Shift did NOT happen in the north of Germany. That is why you still have dialects in northern Germany that say "Water" (standard German: Wasser; Engl: water) or "slapen" (standard German: schlafen; Engl: sleep)
If it weren't for the French influence in English, English would be much closer to the old Germanic language than modern German. But because of the French influence English changed much and often seems to be a mixed Romance-Germanic language.
WHAÐA HECK I WAS LITERALLY YESTERDAY SEACHING ABOUT OLD SAXON LENGUAGE BY THE FRIST TIME ON MY LIFE BECAUSE I GOT CURIOSUS AFTER HAD STARTED TO PLAY WITH SAXONY IN CK2 IN 769!!
Yes I am already used to seach about ancient indo-european lenguages a lot, but yet it is too much of coincidence!
Great song! I especially love your accent in all the Germanic songs, it sounds so legit, it's epic
I also noticed how you called Otto Kêser in this song and listening to it I vision himself being crowned Roman Emperor and the reaction the common folk had to this declaration, it really gives goosebumps!
Exactly among the byzantines.
@@AunninnGamli Yeah the Byzantines were outraged, but I was mostly referring to the Western reaction
@@justagreekhistorian But they acknowledged it later on. Otto's son married a Byzantine princess.
Hêl wis thu= Wēs þū hāl!
Yes, Be thou whole
Skald I cant wait to see another Gothic song. How about tale of Theodoric the Great, Roman Emperor of Gothic origin in all but name? Also cool song, otto the great really did a little trolling
I love this Song.
Have you ever considered making a Song in "Old Frisian" if there is this language? I am asking as a Catholic East Frisian German.
If you do a song about Widukind, I’ll leap for joy!
His men were outnumbered. Even then they had the faith in their king. The king held strict discipline not allowing them to break formation and holding the line. Which brought him victory. A man who truly was great
Gu bevare Sâkksene, våre forne brôr í sör🙏
Môkké krannt ow se noggén gjífa dôm ekrann oppmärksamhed
May the anglo-saxons of England take their country back 🇪🇸 🤝 🇬🇧
the movement was compromised controlled by (((they))) which is just vandalism and ignorance
Trust me will our 🏴✊🏻👍🏻
Pecador, Contempla done in Latin and Old Norse could be beautiful and haunting.
Love this one. I’ve been listening to a lot of videos about the Holy Roman Empire since this came out.
Any chance you’d do a song in old Alemannic? I’d imagine it would be somewhat similar to high Frankonian.
Oh hell yes I love this
Banger
Strong song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
Another great song as always, could you do a gothic verson of "agni parthene" next? That would be great, also what sources you use for the languages?
Thanks, friend. I actually have Old English Agni Parthene coming soon, but will make a note for Gothic at some point. The main linguistic source for this was the Old Saxon poem Heliand
I think a song on Penda, the last Pagan king of Mercia would be cool, he nearly destroyed Northumbria completely.
Interesante, un canto que habla sobre Oton el Grande, pero es aún más interesante, como reconstruyeron el sajon antiguo, si ya no se habla, en que se basaron para reconstruirlo.
Saludos
No hablo español pero sajon antiguo es conserva en textos de época.
is it me or all your songs about the historical figures sound like an invocation that should revive them to fight yet again in the new world we're living in?
Yeah 😎😎
Do you plan on uploading more German songs? I love German language so much.
Absolutely!
Something I think would make a good song would be the song of Aethelflaed. The daughter of King Alfred of Wessex and the Lady of Mercia. Anyways, love your work!