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Ogr8bearded1
 Oct 31, 07 - 4:58 PM |
anglo saxon rune poem
I've just finished reading this poem and wonder if anyone has ever connected the the final 5 stanzas as to which woods to use and their meanings when making runes. In the past I've only sorta glossed over these verses since they were not dealing with runes themselves and now today had a sort of personal epiphany. Is there any chance that Iar is not an eel but in fact a willow? For some reason I get a strong feeling of a willow tree when reading this stanza. And the last stanza may show why clay or stone were not used except for burial or monuments. Just some thoughts, would like to hear others. |
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ogr8bearded1
Nov 2nd, 2007 - 2:23 AM |
Re: anglo saxon rune poem
some further thoughts, I found another site which shows that after the final runes for wood and earth that appear at end there are 3 more runes with no lines to go with them, but one is known to mean stone and the other two are unknown, so now we have Oak, Ash, Yew, Eel(which as I said I feel is a Willow), Earth(Clay), cweord(unknown), Stan(Stone), and gar(unknown). Really seems like items to make runes from to me still. As a side note, Kenaz or Kauno as called on this site has the differing meanings of Torch in the ASRP but Ulcer, Wound or Sore in the other 2 later poems. Does anyone feel that Ember would be a better interpretation here than any of these standards choices? Love to hear some discussion :) |
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runester_len
Nov 2nd, 2007 - 2:51 AM |
Re: anglo saxon rune poem
I really recommend you to read the rest of this site and to peruse some of the Runes In Depth articles by Bob the Runemaker on the subject of names and meanings etymology on www.runes.info. Bob isn't around at the moment, I'm looking after the Forum for him. Accurate information about the Northumbrian runes - i.e. the later runes added to the Anglo-Saxon Futhork from around the 9th Cent AD - can be found in Nigel Pennick's book "The Complete Illustrated Guide to Runes". He explains the reason for these late additions and gives name derivations and divination attributes for them. |
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