Sigurboði - Gróttasöngr (Official Video)

Gróttasöngr is the last eddic poem and my favourite. Gróttasöngr is the work song of two female slave trolls Fenja and Menja bought in Sweden by the Danish King Fróði. The girls are brought to a magic grindstone to grind out wealth for the king and sing for his household. The girls ask for rest from the grinding but are commanded to continue. They sang a song which reached their Uncle Mysingr. Mysingr kills Fróði but now demands them to grind salt. They grind so much salt for him that his ship is filled to the brim which then sinks, which is the reason the sea is salty. Lyrics: Sofið eigi en of sal gaukar eða lengr en svá ljóð eitt kveðak. Var-at-tu, Fróði, fullspakr of þik, málvinr manna, er þú man keyptir; kaustu at afli ok at álitum, en at ætterni ekki spurðir Harðr var Hrungnir ok hans faðir, þó var Þ