The Talisman Lyrics

Lyric discussion by redbullah 

Cover art for The Talisman lyrics by Iron Maiden

Those that didn't die in storms The scurvy rest did slaughter.

i'm sorry i guess i'm not that good at english. does that sentence exactly means those survived the storm slaughtered (and maybe ate after 20 days of hunger?) the scurvy (sick) rest, or defining those people's death as a slaughter?

It's saying that the scurvy (the disease) slaughtered (metaphorically) the survivors. So those who didn't die in the storm died of disease.