Sweoland Conqueror

In primordial times, when Ginnungagap empty stared Before Ymers death, before our triumphant dominion There was nothing No sea, no waves No earth, no heaven A frostcovered stone created Bure, father of Bur, Bestlas husband Bestla, daughter of Boltorn And mother of three Oden, Vile and Ve Ymer's assassins, Svears creators [Chorus:] Oden - spirit and life you gave Vile - intellect was your gift Ve - completed the heathen warrior And Sweoland sets sail to plunder With will as strong as the heart of Hrungner They sat the world ablaze Usurpers of Ethelreds british isles Conquerors of western Frankia And crushers of Irish strongholds The flesh of a giant bears the mark of their tribe And his blood carried them forth to glory "Never before has such terror appeared As we now have suffered from a pagan race" "Nor was it thought possible That such an inroad from the sea could be made" [Repeat chorus] "Shrines were desecrated Ornaments were plundered The bodies of saints were trampled The blood of priests was spilled"