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: “