Real Medieval Norse Song (video with musical notation)

Ensemble: Mare Balticum Album: Ice & Longboats Video: Codex Runicus, (XIV cent.) • In this video you can listen to five versions of “Drømde mik en drøm i nat is“, the oldest known secular song in the Nordic countries written around 1300. It is written in Old East Norse and is included in Codex Runicus, a transcript of Scanian Law where it forms a final note. Like the law itself, it is written in runes, and the tune is written on two simple staves in an early form of musical notation. The text of the song is: Drømde mik en drøm i nat um silki ok ærlik pæl There are several interpretations of the text, as the meaning of the words silki and ærlik pæl is obscure. Traditionally, most interpretations have been variants on these readings: (I dreamt a dream last night of silk and fine fur I dreamt a dream last night of silk and expensive cloth This interpretation takes the 13th