Sweoland Conqueror Lyrics - Thyrfing

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"