Balders Hird [English translation]

- Where is your lord?

- We have no lord, we are all equal

All of us free men

At Körunda behind a forest edge

I saw many varangians step forth

A dozen of men strengthened by mead came

The fighters who had been victorious came

Never backed down from battle

Never wimped out from the first filled horn

Neither lords nor chieftains

No masters or slaves

The cohorts of Balder are all free men

Here walks varangians from Sörmland

And from Attundaland as well

The cohorts of Balder are all free men

I saw a place to live and a longship

Lying peacefully by the beach

Resting for the upcoming wild journey

And around the fire in the house

Animal horns were passed around

The promised cup1 held high, no sooner said than done

Varangians came from Tiundaland

And from Fjädrundaland as well

The cohorts of Balder are all free men

Varangians came from Västmanland

And from Roden as well

The cohorts of Balder are all free men

Varangians came from Värmland

And we came from Gotland

The cohorts of Balder are all free men

1. "Bragarfull" was a special way of drinking from a horn or a cup in memory of Brage and fallen chieftains

• Artist:Ultima Thule