Bjorn-gil Felag; Rancho Cucamonga, California  

 

olde norsk rune poem


            FE:
gold causes strife among kinsmen;
the wolf grows up in the woods.

            ÜR:
slag is from bad iron;
oft runs the reindeer on the hard snow.

            THURS:
causes the sickness of women;
few are cheerful from misfortune.

            ÅSS:
estuary is the way of most journeys;
but the sheath is such for swords.

            REIÐH:
riding, it is said, is the worst for horses;
Reginn forged the best sword.

            KAUN:
sore is of children a curse;
grief makes a man pale.

            HAGALL:
hail is the coldest of grains;
Hropt shaped the world in ancient times.

            NAUÐH:
need makes for a difficult situation;
the naked freeze in the frost.

            ÎSS:
ice, we call the broad bridge;
the blind need to be led.

            ÅR:
good harvest is the profit of men;
I say that Froðhi was generous.

            SØL:
sun is the light of the lands;
I bow to the holiness.

            TYR:
Tyr is the one-handed among the Æsir;
the smith has to blow often.

            BJARKAN:
birch twig is the limb greenest with leaves;
Loki brought the luck of deceit.

            MAÐHR:
man is the increase of dust;
mighty is the talon-span of the hawk.

            LOGR:
water is that which falls from the mountain;
tis a force; but gold tokens are costly things.

            YR:
yew is the greenest wood in Winter;
there is usually, when it burns, singeing.

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