Olde Islandic Rune Poem

Written onto parchment in the late fifteenth century, but preserving oral lore from a much earlier time: Each rhyme, giving complex esoteric mysteries for meditational insight, is followed by a one word Latin translation and an Olde Norsk word or phrase for "chieftain" to better understand the ingenious ideological content. Because of the similarities between this poem and the Norsk version it can be deduced that the two come from the same origin, possibly an Eldar Futhark poem that now is lost to us.

FE:
Fε is the strife of kinsmen,
and the fire of the flood-tide,
and the path of the serpent.
gold ••• "leader of the war-band"


UR:
Ur is the weeping of clouds,
and the diminisher of the ring of ice,
and what the herds-men hate.
shower ••• "leader"


THURS:
ήurs is the woe of women,
and a dweller in the rocks,
and husband of etin-wife.
Saturn ••• "ruler of the Thing"


ΕSS:
Asι is the olden-father,
and Asgardhr's chieftain,
and the leader of Valhεll.
Jupiter ••• "point-leader"


REIDH:
Reiπ is a bless'ed sitting,
and a swift journey,
and the toil of the horse.
journey ••• "worthy man"


KAUN:
Kaun is the bale of children,
and a scourge,
and a heim of foul flesh.
whip ••• "descendant of good kin"


HAGALL:
Hagall is a cold grain,
and a shower of sleet,
and the destroyer of snakes.
hail ••• "battle-leader"


NAUDH:
Nauπ is the pain of the handmaid,
and a hard plight,
and toilsome work.
trouble ••• "descendant of the dead"


ISS:
Iss is the rind of the river,
and the roof of the waves,
and a danger for dying men.
ice ••• "one who wears the boar-helm"


ΕR:
Yιr is the profit of all men,
and a good summer,
and a ripened field.
year ••• "all-ruler"


SΨL:
Sψl is the shield of clouds,
and a shining glory,
and the life-long destroyer of ice.
wheel ••• "descendant of the victorious one"


TYR:
Tyr is the one-handed god,
and the leftovers of the wolf,
and the ruler of the temple.
Mars ••• "director"


BJARKAN:
Bjarkan is a leafy limb,
and a little tree,
and a youthful wood.
silver fir ••• "protector"


MADHR:
Man is the joy of man,
and the increase of dust,
and the adornment of ships.
human ••• "generous one"


LΨGR:
Logr is a churning water,
and a wide kettle,
and the land of fish.
lake ••• "praise-worthy one"


YR:
Yew is a strung bow,
and brittle iron,
and a giant of the arrow.
rainbow ••• "descendant of Yngvi"

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