Run Poems by Uruzz Tyrburr

[Dept of PMM Artists & things]

The Norse Run Poems

Fé vældr frænda róge;

føðesk ulfr í skóge. 

Úr er af illu jarne;

opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.

Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu;

kátr værðr fár af illu.

Óss er flæstra færða

fǫr; en skalpr er sværða.

Ræið kveða rossom væsta;

Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

Kaun er barna bǫlvan;

bǫl gørver nán fǫlvan.

Hagall er kaldastr korna;

Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.

Nauðr gerer næppa koste;

nøktan kælr í froste.

Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;

blindan þarf at læiða.

Ár er gumna góðe;

get ek at ǫrr var Fróðe.

Sól er landa ljóme;

lúti ek helgum dóme.

Týr er æinendr ása;

opt værðr smiðr blása.

Bjarkan er laufgrønstr líma;

Loki bar flærða tíma.

Maðr er moldar auki;

mikil er græip á hauki.

Lǫgr er, fællr ór fjalle

foss; en gull ero nosser.

Ýr er vetrgrønstr viða;

vænt er, er brennr, at sviða. 

Translation

   Fe

   Wealth is a source of discord among kinsmen;

   the wolf lives in the forest.

   Ur

   Drizzle comes from bad iron;

   the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

   Thurs

   Giant causes anguish to women;

   misfortune makes few men cheerful.

   As

   Estuary is the way of most journeys;

   but a scabbard is of swords.

   Reidh

   Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses;

   Reginn forged the finest sword.

   Kaun

   Ulcer is fatal to children;

   death makes a corpse pale.

   Hagall

   Hail is the coldest of grain;

   Christ created the world of old.

   Naudhr

   Constraint gives scant choice;

   a naked man is chilled by the frost.

   Isa

   Ice we call the broad bridge;

   the blind man must be led.

   Ar

   Plenty is a boon to men;

   I say that Frodi was generous.

   Sol

   Sun is the light of the world;

   I bow to the divine decree.

   Tyr

   Tyr is a one-handed god;

   often has the smith to blow.

   Bjarkan

   Birch has the greenest leaves of any shrub;

   Loki was fortunate in his deceit.

   Madhr

   Man is an augmentation of the dust;

   great is the claw of the hawk.

   Logr

   A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;

   but ornaments are of gold.

   Yr

   Yew is the greenest of trees in winter;

   it is wont to crackle when it burns.