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Feoh - Rune of Wealth (f,v) Cweorth - Rune of the Apple Tree (qu)
Rebirth
Renewal
Assets Healing
Money
Provisions
Wealth is a comfort to all men k
But greater is the good of riches shared, Calc - Rune of the Chalice (ch)
Blessing
The barrow’s treasure is a dragon’s den Reward
Attainment
Of teetering gems ~ hoarder, be prepared
For the wolves that track the scent of gold,
Give to the living, for death lies cold.
Stan - Rune of the Stone (sh)
Sign
Marker
Cue
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Ear - Rune of Time (ea) Ur - Rune of the Aurochs (u)
Death
Impermanence Test
Dissolution Challenge
Threat
The grave is the terror of all, even from birth
The up~horned aurochs is fierce and proud,
When life first warms the flesh, it is the only certainty
Great girded warrior of the moor
That flesh will cool and choose the dark earth
With eyes of fire and spirit loud,
As its last companion. But thus shall we find equality
Savage and feared as a god of war
In that end ~ & a spur: for the dead are dumb to speak
But the man who is brave, or the man who is wise
When the rich lie poor and the strong lie weak.
Might show the mettle for the beast’s demise.
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Thorn - Rune of the Hawthorn (th) Ior - Rune of the Otter (io)
Barrier Playfulness
Warning Resourcefulness
Vigilance Industry
The otter is a river-beast, yet it feeds
The thorn is sharp to human flesh,
Always on the land and lives a life
Push against it ~ it will win the duel.
Of quiet joy, working hard to meet its own needs,
One thorn can yield a wicked mesh
Building a home that is free from strife,
Of thorns, demon company is cruel.
Encompassed by water. His is time well spent,
Best be vigilant or be easily caught
Is peace of mind and home~and~dry contentment.
On the barbs of evil deed or thought.
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Yr - Rune of the Bow
Skill
Precision
Aptitude
The bow is a joy and an honour
To prince and warrior alike. It is bold
On the journey, intrinsic to the brave armour
Of war and fair on the horse, a sight to behold
As it hangs from the saddle, hellbent on hunting-fields,
The clang of war~gear and the walls of shields.
Os - Rune of Wod (o)
Inspiration
Wisdom
Eloquence
Truth
God is the source of all names and words,
Is the comfort of councilors and Wisdom’s teller.
In the Allfather’s ageless sky, the birds
Are blessed and confident; Woden is Healer,
Prophet and Sage and as Shaman he gave
More than his eye to cut the whisper on the stave.
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Rad - Rune of the Road (r) Aesc - Rune of the Ash (ae)
Utility
Travel
Reliability
Action
Versatility
Quest
The ash, much prized by man, is high
The saddle is soft and the way is clear
Steadfast and firm, swift when it grows,
In the journey of a hearth~dream, but the dreaming fire
Stout when it stands, straight when it streaks the sky
Is no preparation for the hardships that will appear
As a singing spear or a sleet of arrows.
On the mile~paths cruel with rock and mire.
Ash is ambush, attack, the power to advance
The wise traveler and his horse are bold
And yet is stockade, defense and vigilance.
When the ashes of dreams have long lain cold.
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Ac - Rune of the Oak (a) Cen - Rune of Illumination (c,k)
Nurturing
Study
Preparation
Education
Cultivation
Knowledge
The oak is food for flesh, joy to the lips
A torch is known to the living by its light
Of man in the meat that grew sweet and succulent
And heat of flame when the nobles are within,
Feasting on acorns. And oak is the faith of ships,
When men of common purpose talk into the night,
The trusted timber, stable on the torrent
Or by study one seeks new knowledge to win.
Of the gannet’s bath and so we must ensure
Its beacon is sure and true, and wonder
That the acorns of our lifetime, as oaks endure.
Like a fiery blade cleaves veils asunder.
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Gyfu - Rune of the Gift (g)
Generosity
Offering
Reciprocity
Obligation
Generosity is for men glory and exaltation,
A word of kindness can mean more than gold,
However small the gift, express appreciation ~
The grudging man pines, but he who is kind and bold
Seldom has cares; even the man who is broken
Can give or receive the simplest token.
Daeg - Rune of Daylight (d)
Reason
Purpose
Productivity
Day, beloved of men, is for the bold,
an opportunity to seize, not time to lie abed
in idle sloth. Daylight shines like gold ~
Lightening the mind, the heart, the tread
Of rich and poor alike, of service to all
Is reason and understanding, fair and rational.
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Oethel - Rune of Inheritance (oe) Wynn - Rune of Joy (w)
Land
Contentment
Heritage
Cheerfulness
Legacy
Equanimity
Culture
Joyful is he who knows no sorrow,
Homeland, dear to man, won by the blood
Has little want and bears no pain,
And courage of the men of old, is the hearthlight
Who thanks the day and does not fear tomorrow.
Of all that is safe and right and good,
Sadness will come, but do not seek it out to gain
The legacy for which we fought and still must fight.
Its touch of grey ~ Wyrd has enough bliss
It swells the blood with pride and sings
In the hearts of common men and kings. And woe for all ~ bittersweet, the parting kiss.
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Haegl - Rune of the Hailstorm (h) Ing - Rune of Frith (-ng)
Peace
Misfortune
Prosperity
Loss
Verdancy
Hardship
Fertility
Hail is the whitest of grains, fleet
Ingeld was first among the East Danes
As the messenger with evil news, cold mortar
Known to men, until he departed over the Deep,
Through the vaults of heaven, a sleet
His wagon behind him, & they with war in their veins
Of arrows that sweetly melts to water
Named the hero. Rouse him from his winter sleep
Having felled the golden legions of the field.
When you burn the holly ~ he survives the snow
And so, in times of plenty, make good your yield.
As the seed of life, with his corn~sheaf pillow.
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Lagu - Rune of the Sea (l) Nyd - Rune of Wyrd (n)
The Unknown
Necessity
Unpredictability
Consequence
Exploration
Causation
Venture

Wyrd’s unwinding may be harsh, but then

Sea to men seems endless, when the rocking bark
Just as the medicine with the bitter taste
Is fragile on the quake of waves, when the horse
Can heal, need teaches the sons of men.
Of the deep, thundering vast and dark
Defies the bridle. But still they plot a course Consequence, like guilt, is better faced ~

For new horizons, the reward of distant lands, Be strong and certain of brighter days

Seizing opportunity with trembling hands. And the gods will hold you in their gaze.
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Is - Rune of Ice (i)
Treachery
Deception
Risk
Ice is over~cold, a skater’s dream,
A walker’s nightmare, a floor of frost
Cold glass and gems, the faraway gleam
Of all we desire that is easily lost.
Crystals and opals and diamonds all,
Cruel and worthless when we fall.
Mann - Rune of the Human Being (m)
Kith & kin
Ancestors
Community
The man of frith is dear to his friends,
Yet every kinsman must betray his fellow:
The time will come to all when frith ends
And Sculd, by Her decree, lays flesh below
The living green and the solemn oaths of man
Are brought to nothing. Enjoy the frith, while you can.
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Ehwo - Rune of the Horse (e)
Aid
Service
Companionship
The horse, proud in its hooves, at the helm
Of warriors is a joy to princes and royal
In its mane, be it on the mile~paths of its realm
Granting a hero speed, or standing loyal
Where the rich men barter words and impress
With deeds. And is ever a comfort to the restless.
Ger - Rune of the Year (y)
Seasons
Cycles
Endurance
Hertha’s year is the hope and joy of men; She
Who is Earth and of the Earth, who bears
The fruits of earth and flesh for all humanity
And gives the hearthfire, is all beauty when she wears
The green and blossoms as her gown, the sky
In her hair ~ and so shall be when we all die.
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Eoh - Rune of the Yew Tree (ew)
Otherworld
Transformation
Liminality
The yew is outwardly an unsmooth tree
Hard and fast in the earth, the shepherd
Of fire, roots earth~locked, tangled as mystery.
Its branches sky~reaching are, as the web of Wyrd,
Questing for the seven worlds, seen and unseen ~
Eorminsul, a joy on the land and evergreen.
Beorc - Rune of the Poplar Tree (b)
Charms
Magic
Protection
The poplar bears no fruit, yet brings forth shoots
While its crown is full and laden with leaves,
Heavy in the air ~ and so it is that its fruits
Are those of enchantment, such spells it weaves
Out of green and time as the creative fire communes
With the mind of man, is the flesh of wands and runes.
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Tiw - Rune of Urlag (t)
Law
Justice
Duty
Honor
Tiw, like a guiding star, is the warrior’s friend,
Ever shining over night’s mist and darkness.
Ruler of urlag, ever ready to defend
The fields of men and the frithgarth’s fortress,
In the stronghold of the gods we call heaven,
Keeping faith with princes and trust with all men.
Peorth - Rune of the Clown (p)
Leisure
Merriment
Mirth
A clown is to the proud a source of laughter;
With song and recreation, the warriors in the mead hall
Sit now blithe and companionable after
The giants of flesh and mind and heart, all
Have been slain for the day; when battles are chessmen
And challenges are riddles, all is pleasure then.
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Eolhxsecg - Rune of Sawgrass (j, dge)
Inhospitality
Spite
Hostility
Sawgrass, waxing in the water of the marsh,
Has a hilt to suit the warrior’s grasp
But it meets the flesh with substance harsh ~
Hilt becomes blade, a living rasp
That sears the flesh and burns the blood.
Be strong, to clutch at straws will yield no good.
Sigel - Rune of the Sun (s,z)
Hope
Luck
Victory
The Sun, bright sail of the tranquil sky,
Is ever a joy to the farers of the sea,
When dreams are fish shoals and hopes fly high
With the sea birds and confidence and opportunity
Rise with the halyards, until the steed of brine & foam,
Courser of the deep, brings them gladly home.