Krummavísa
| Krummi krunkar úti | |
| by Bjarni Þorsteinsson | |
.jpg) 1906 printing | |
| Language | Icelandic |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 1906 |
| Lines | 8 |
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Krummavísa (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) or Krummi krunkar úti (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a traditional Icelandic folk song or nursery rhyme. The song was published in 1898 in the book Þulur og skemtanir (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) by Ólafur Davíðsson,[1] and republished in 1906 in Íslenzk þjóðlög (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) by Bjarni Þorsteinsson,[2] and in the 1907 book Lesbók handa börnum og unglingum (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.).[3] Bjarni learned the song from Ólafur, who in turn learned it as a child in Sléttuhlíð.
Lyrics
Krummi krunkar úti, |
A raven croaks outside, |
Poetry rules
As with all traditional Icelandic poetry (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), 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. 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).[5]
References
- ↑ Davíðsson, Ólafur (1898). Íslenzkar gátur, skemtanir, vikivakar og þulur [Rhymes and Amusements] (in íslenska). 4. Þulur og skemtanir. Kaupmannahöfn. p. 249. Search this book on
- ↑ Þorsteinsson, Bjarni (1906). Íslenzk þjóðlög [Icelandic Folk Songs] (in íslenska). Copenhagen: Siglufjarðarprentsmiðja. p. 510.
Byrjun Krummakvæðis. Lagið hef jeg lært 1903 aí Olaíi Davíðssyni á Hoíi, og kvaðst hann hafa lært það í æsku sinni i Felli í Sljettuhlið. Þá liitti jeg Ólaf i síðasta sinni, er jeg lærði þetta lag af lionum; skömmu síðai' drukknaði hann i Iiörgá, og var mjög mikill skaði að honum fyrir allar tegundir þjóðlegra fræða íslenzkra.
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- ↑ Finnbogason, Guðmundur; Sigfússon, Jóhannes; Bjarnarson, Þórhallur (1907). Lesbók handa börnum og unglingum [A Reader for Children and Young People] (in íslenska). Reykjavík. p. 1907. Search this book on
- ↑ Icelandic Folk Song - Krummi krunkar úti on YouTube
- ↑ Sigmundsdóttir, Alda (2016). "Amazing alliteration". The Little Book of Icelandic. Little Books Publishing. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-9935-9298-6-0. Search this book on
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