Danish - English
Definition of dødssang in Danish English dictionary
- dirge
- A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- {n} a mournful or funeral ditty, a service
- A poem of grief or lamentation, especially one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites (See also Elegy, Epitaph, Monody)
- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- A dirge is a slow, sad song or piece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals
- A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn
- {i} funeral song, mournful song; mournful sound
- Slow and mournful song Threnody
- A lamentlike composition, sometimes vocal, that is often played at a funeral or memorial service
- a brief funeral hymn or song An example is Henry King's Exequy
- A piece that is performed at a funeral or memorial service