Krummavísa
| Krummavísa | |
|---|---|
| Krummi krunkar úti | |
| by Bjarni Þorsteinsson | |
.jpg) 1906 printing | |
| Language | Icelandic |
| Publication date | 1906 |
| Lines | 8 |
 Krummavísa at Icelandic Wikisource | |
Krummavísa (English: Raven Verse) or Krummi krunkar úti (English: A Raven Croaks Outside) is an Icelandic folk song or nursery rhyme. The song was published in 1906 in the book Íslenzk þjóðlög (Icelandic Folk Songs) by Bjarni Þorsteinsson. Bjarni learned the song from Ólafur Davíðsson, who in turn learned it as a child in Sléttuhlíð.[1]
Krummi krunkar úti, |
A raven croaks outside, |
As with all traditional Icelandic poetry, Krummavísa conforms to the set of rules called bragfræði (prosody). According to this system, a poem must be alliterative: a line of verse must have two words beginning with the same letter, and the first word of the next line must also begin with the same letter.[3] Here, for example, the first line has two words beginning with a K (krummi and krunkar) and the first word of the second line also begins with a K (kallar).
References[edit]
- ^ Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög. Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
- ^ Icelandic Folk Song - Krummi krunkar úti on YouTube
- ^ Sigmundsdóttir, Alda. "Amazing alliteration". The Little Book of Icelandic. Little Books Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-9935-9298-6-0.
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