Norse Poem Template for Peerage
My BFF is the Parchment Herald in Meridies (their head scribe, kind of). She mostly does gothic-style illumination, but was asked to do something norse-ish for a peerage scroll template. This is the text I came up with for her project.
My BFF is the Parchment Herald in Meridies (their head scribe, kind of). She mostly does gothic-style illumination, but was asked to do something norse-ish for a peerage scroll template. This is the text I came up with for her project.
Written in December 2018
Weave the wyrd of southlands
Wave-fire tending ring-Hlin [gold/money // woman]
Kinsmen know her cleavers
Cupstream overflowing
Guarding gate from bee-thieves [gold-stealers]
Gautr’s own truth-ful speaker [Odin] (Gautr is one syllable)
a Strong storm of Herkja [troll-woman - Courageous]
Stubborn, now a blood-swan [Pelican]
OR
Stubborn arm of Sviðrir [tree/shrub/Laurel
These Runes raised by KING and QUEEN for NAME OF PERSON on _______ in the year of KING’S triumph.
Source:
Source:
Drottvaett style off the Karlevi stone.