Olde Swiss Rune Poem

Written in the early eight hundreds and probably the oldest rune poem on parchment to date, the Abecedarium Nordmanicum was discovered in a St. Gall manuscript written in a mixture of High and Low Germanic, with Old English glosses. It may have originally been gathered together for missionary work among the Asatrü Norse-men by the clergy. This manuscript, which lists the Younger Futhark, contains a great deal of esoteric troth for the faithful Seeker, and is far more than a mere mnemonic containing the runic names in concise order, simply for the viewing pleasure of its readers.

  fee first,
  aurochs after,
  thurs the third stave,
  the Åse is above him,
  wheel is written last,
  then cleaves cancre;
  hail has     need
  ice,     year,     and sun.
  Tiu,     birch,     and man
in the middle
water the bright,
yew holds all.

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