Runes

The Old English poem says need presses on the chest — and then says it often becomes a help, if people notice it in time.

The Old English poem says need presses on the chest — and then says it often becomes a help, if people notice it in time.

All three rune poems call hail a kind of grain. It destroys the harvest, and then it turns into the water the harvest needs.

All three rune poems call hail a kind of grain. It destroys the harvest, and then it turns into the water the harvest needs.

The old definition of joy is unexpectedly modest: enough shelter, enough to live on, and no particular trouble. That is the whole of it.

The old definition of joy is unexpectedly modest: enough shelter, enough to live on, and no particular trouble. That is the whole of it.

A gift in Norse society was never free. Gebo is the rune of exchange, and exchange created obligation on both sides.

A gift in Norse society was never free. Gebo is the rune of exchange, and exchange created obligation on both sides.

One tradition made this rune a torch. The other made it an ulcer. The gap between them is the widest in the futhark.

One tradition made this rune a torch. The other made it an ulcer. The gap between them is the widest in the futhark.

Ride, road, and raid all descend from this rune's name. It is about travel with a purpose — and the old poems are clear that it is work.

Ride, road, and raid all descend from this rune's name. It is about travel with a purpose — and the old poems are clear that it is work.

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