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Icelandic name Manuscript description Image Að unni “To get a girl”, this magical stave is used by a man in love to gain the affections of the object of his desires. [2] Ægishjálmur: Helm of Awe (or Helm of Terror); to induce fear, protect the warrior, and prevail in battle. [2] Angurgapi: Carved on the ends of barrels to prevent leaking.
The Icelandic Rune Poem is recorded in four Arnamagnæan manuscripts, the oldest of the four dating from the late 15th century. [4] The Icelandic Rune Poem has been called the most systemized of the rune poems (including the Abecedarium Nordmannicum) and has been compared to the ljóðaháttr verse form. [5] [6]
The rune ᚦ is called Thurs (Old Norse Þurs, a type of entity, from a reconstructed Common Germanic *Þurisaz) in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems.In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called thorn, whence the name of the letter þ derived.
A local land owner, after being denied her hand in marriage, had attempted to carve love-runes. Instead, he had mistakenly carved runes causing illness. Egil burned the offending runes and carved runes for health, and the woman recovered. He then sang a poem declaring that "Runes none should grave ever/Who knows not to read them."
The Galdrabók (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkaltraˌpouːk], Book of Magic) is an Icelandic grimoire dated to c. 1600. [1] It is a small manuscript containing a collection of 47 spells and sigils/staves. [2] The grimoire was compiled by four people, possibly starting in the late 16th century and going on until the mid-17th century.
Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune ᛚ, *laguz meaning "water" or "lake" and *laukaz meaning "leek". In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, it is called lagu "ocean". In the Younger Futhark, the rune is called lögr "waterfall" in Icelandic and logr "water" in Norse.
The evolution of the rune in the elder futhark during the centuries. The k-rune ᚲ (Younger Futhark ᚴ, Anglo-Saxon futhorc ᚳ) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems, meaning "ulcer". The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Kauną. It is also known as Kenaz ("torch"), based on its Anglo-Saxon name.
The maðr rune is found regularly in Icelandic manuscripts, the fé rune somewhat less frequently, whilst in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts the runes mon, dæg, wynn and eþel are all used on occasion. These are some of the most functional of the rune names, occurring relatively often in written language, unlike the elusive peorð , for example, which ...