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Ethelring Oath
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Ethelring Oath was released on August 7, 2026 by Rimefolk Records as a part of the album Ethelring Oath - Single
August 7, 2026
LabelRimefolk Records
LanguageEnglish
BPM
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

On the Ethelring the oath was sworn
Á helgum hringi var eiðr unninn
The odal calls me home
Óðal mitt leiðir mik heim
I cut the wool since my father's death
Yet she carries the blades he bore
She took the land, I walked the heath
Steading is mine — I ask no more
North wind rises, the old road calls
Behind me fade my father's walls
Stone bears the oath
Salt bears the wind
I claim what is mine
Won't kneel to false kin
Now I must ride
Through the mist, through the midnight tide
On I ride
(On I ride)
With the Kattegat beside
(With the Kattegat beside)
(On I ride)
(On I ride)
Grandfather, hear me
Your noble blood still flows
Our father's line was old
Long before its tale was told
Sister of the salt marsh
Stole what was mine
What the stones remember
Will outlive her lies
On our oath-stone sat a watchful grey cat
It scented kindred malice everywhere
The land spirits then took it back
As if the cat was never there
Stone bears the oath
Salt bears the wind
I claim what is mine
Won't kneel to false kin
Now I must ride
Through the mist, through the midnight tide
On I ride
(On I ride)
With the Kattegat beside
(With the Kattegat beside)
(On I ride)
(On I ride)
The bog keeps ancient fire within
The tide forgets no bone
As old roots rise beneath the skin
I am a hound with no home
(No home)
(No home)
(No home)
At the Ethelring I take my place
Where the elder folk laid law
The Álfheimar stones still bear trace
What the North Sea tide once saw
Stone bears the oath
Salt bears the wind
I claim what is mine
Won't kneel to false kin
Now I must ride
Through the mist, through the midnight tide
On I ride
(On I ride)
With the Kattegat beside
(With the Kattegat beside)
(On I ride)
(On I ride)
The Ethelring remembers the oath
Heilagr hringr man eiðinn enn
Odal inheritance, mine by right
Óðal mitt er mitt at réttu
What the oath-stones remember, time could not take
Þat er eiðsteinar muna, mátti tíminn eigi taka
Þat er eiðsteinar muna, mátti tíminn eigi taka
Þat er eiðsteinar muna, mátti tíminn eigi taka
Written by: Björn Larsson
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