English Runeleeth

Fee / Feoh (wealth or cattle)


 * ᚠ byþ frofur fira gehwylcum sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan


 * ᚠ bith frover for all firas, though anyone shall deal it much if he wills for drightendom's lot


 * ᚠ is comfort for all mankind, though one should deal it out much if he wishes for kingdom's lot

Oure / Ur (aurochs)


 * ᚢ byþ anmod ond oferhyrned felafrecne deor feohteþ mid hornum mære morstapa þæt is modig wuht


 * ᚢ bith onemood and overhorned, feelfreeken deer, fights with horns, mear moorstepper, that is a moody wight


 * ᚢ is steadfast and above horned, very dangerous animal, fights with horns, famous moorstepper, that is a moody creature

Thorn / Þorn (thorn)


 * ᚦ byþ ðearle scearp ðegna gehwylcum anfeng ys yfyl ungemetum reþe manna gehwelcum ðe him mid resteð


 * ᚦ bith thearle sharp, is evil to every thane who fangs, unmetedly rethe to anyone who rests with it


 * ᚦ is very sharp, is an evil of every thane who grabs it, immeasurably cruel to anyone who rests among it

Os / Os (god)


 * ᚩ byþ ordfruma ælcre spræce wisdomes wraþu and witena frofur and eorla gehwam eadnys and tohiht


 * ᚩ bith the ordfrommer of all speech, wisdom's wrathe and witters' frover, and every earl's ed and hight


 * ᚩ is the origin point of all speech, wisdom's support and wisemen's comfort, and every earl's prosperity and hope

Road / Rad (riding)


 * ᚱ byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum sefte ond swiþhwæt ðamðe sitteþ on ufan meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas


 * ᚱ bith soft to each rink in a raked, and swithewhat to those who sit on above a mainhard mare over milepaths


 * ᚱ is soft to each man while in a palace, but very vigorous to those who sit above a very bold mare over the milepaths

Cheen / Cen (torch)


 * ᚳ byþ cwicera gehwam cuþ on fyre blac ond beorhtlic byrneþ oftust ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ


 * ᚳ bith couth to everyone alive, blake while on fire, and brightly burns oftest there where athelings in rest


 * ᚳ is known to everyone alive, pale while on fire, and brightly burns most often where princes rest

Yive / Gifu (gift)


 * ᚷ gumena byþ gleng and herenys wraþu and wyrþscype and wræcna gehwam ar and ætwist ðe byþ oþra leas


 * ᚷ of gooms bith gleng and hereness to wrathe and worship, and ore to every wretch, and bith atwist to lease others


 * ᚷ of men is a support and devotion to merit and greatness, and honor to every wretch, and substance to others who are bereft

Win / Wyn (joy)


 * ᚹ bruceþ ðe can weana lyt sares and sorge and him sylfa hæfþ blæd and blysse and eac byrga geniht


 * ᚹ is brooked by him who knows little sares, woes, and sorrow, and himself has blad and bliss and eke ? anight


 * ᚹ is enjoyed by those who know little woes, machinations, and sorrows, and himself has prosperity and bliss, plus ? abundance

Hail / Hægel (hail)


 * ᚻ byþ hwitust corna hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte wealcaþ hit windes scura weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan


 * ᚻ bith the whitest corn, wharves it from heaven's lift, walks it in wind's shower, then it forworths to water


 * ᚻ is the whitest grain, it whirls from heaven's sky, it walks in wind's showers, then it becomes water

Need / Nead (plighty need)


 * ᚾ byþ nearu on breostan weorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre gif hi his hlystaþ æror


 * ᚾ bith narrow on the breast, forworths it though oft a help to man's barns and to healths both, if hy listen erer


 * ᚾ is tight on the heart, though often it becomes a help both to man's children and to heroes, if they heed it early on

Ice / Is (ice)


 * ᛁ byþ oferceald ungemetum slidor glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust flor forste geworuht fæger ansyne


 * ᛁ bith overcold, unmetedly slidey, glistens glassclear, gems likest, a floor wrought with frost is a fair ansine


 * ᛁ is overly cold, immeasurably slippery, glistens like clear glass, most like gems, a floor wrought with frost is a fair appearance

Year / Gear (year)


 * ᛡ byþ gumena hiht ðonne God læteþ halig heofones cyning hrusan syllan beorhte bleda beornum ond ðearfum


 * ᛡ bith goom's hight, when God, holy heaven's king, lets, ruse sells bright blead for berns and for tharves


 * ᛡ is man's hope, when God, holy heaven's king, allows, Earth's crust gives bright fruit for both wealthy men and poor men

Yough / Eoh (yew tree)


 * ᛇ byþ utan unsmeþe treow heard hrusan fæst hyrde fyres wyrtrumun underwreþyd wyn on eþle


 * ᛇ bith an unsmooth tree on the outside, fast in the hard ruse, fire's herd, underwrathed by wortroom, win on an ethel


 * ᛇ is an unsmooth tree on the outside, fast in the hard crust of the Earth, fire's keeper, supported under by an expanse of roots, a joy on an estate

Pearth / Peorð (?)


 * ᛈ byþ symble plega and hlehter wlancum ðar wigan sittaþ on beorsele bliþe ætsomne


 * ᛈ bith simble play and laughter for the lonk, there wyers sit in the beerseel blithely atsammen


 * ᛈ is simble play and laughter for the proud, there warriors sit in the beerhall happily together

Elks / Eolhx (elk's)


 * ᛉ seccard hæfþ oftust on fenne wexeð on wature wundaþ grimme blode breneð beorna gehwylcne ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeþ


 * ᛉ sedge oftest waxeth in fens in water, woundeth grim, burns blood of each bern who onfang at it ?


 * ᛉ sedge most often grows in fens in water, wounds grimly, bloody burns each man who grabs at it

Sile / Sigel (sun or sail)


 * ᛋ semannum symble biþ on hihte ðonne hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande


 * ᛋ bith seamen's simble in hight, when hie ferry hemselves over fishes' bath, until hire brimhench bringeth hem to land


 * ᛋ is ever hope for seamen, when they ferry themselves over fishes' bath, until their brimhorses (ships) bring them to land

Tye / Ti


 * ᛏ biþ tacna sum healdeð trywa wel wiþ æþelingas a biþ on færylde ofer nihta genipu næfre swiceþ


 * ᛏ bith some token, holdeth trow well with athelings, ever bith in fareld over night's anip, never swiketh


 * ᛏ is a some token, it holds trust well with princes, ever bith on its journey over night's clouds/mist, never departs/fails/deceives

Birch / Berc (birch tree)


 * ᛒ byþ bleda leas bereþ efne swa ðeah tanas butan tudder biþ on telgum wlitig heah on helme hrysted fægere geloden leafum lyfte getenge


 * ᛒ bith bleadless, even though it beareth tones without touder, it bith litty in tallow, high of helm, hirsted fair, laden with leaves nigh to the lift


 * ᛒ is fruitless, even though it bears shoots without offspring, it is sightly in dyes, high of helm, ornamented fair, laden with leaves nigh to the sky

Ea / Eh (steed)


 * ᛖ byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn hors hofum wlanc ðær him hæleþ ymbe welege on wicgum wrixlaþ spræce and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur


 * ᛖ bith for earls, athelings' win, a horse lonk of hooves, where healths umb hem are well on widges, wrixle hire speech and bith ever frover to the unstill


 * ᛖ is for earls, princes' joy, a horse proud of hooves, where heroes around them are well on steeds, alter their speech and are ever a comfort to the unstill

Man / Mann (mankind)


 * ᛗ byþ on myrgþe his magan leof sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican forðum drihten wyle dome sine þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan


 * ᛗ bith in mirth, his mays' love, though everyone shall swike to other (stead), for the drighten willeth through his doom that arm flesh beteach to earth


 * ᛗ in mirth is his kin's love, though everyone shall depart to other (place), for the lord wills through his judgement that poor flesh be committed to earth

Lay / Lagu (body of water)


 * ᛚ byþ leodum langsum geþuht gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ and se brimhengest bridles ne gymeð


 * ᛚ bith longsome athought to leed if hie shall neeth on tealt nakes, and seaithes swithe bree hem, and the brimhench nay gimes for its bridle


 * ᛚ is to men tediously long and abundant if they shall venture on unsteady ships, and seawaves terrify them much, and the brimhorse cares not for its bridle

Ing / Ing


 * ᛝ wæs ærest mid East-Denum gesewen secgun oþ he siððan est ofer wæg gewat wæn æfter ran ðus Heardingas ðone hæle nemdun


 * ᛝ was erst seen with the East Danes by sedges, until he then awat est over waves, a wain after him ran, thus Heardings named this health


 * ᛝ was first seen among the East Danes by men, until he then departed est over waves, a wagon after him ran, thus the Heardings named this hero

Day / Dæg (day)


 * ᛞ byþ drihtnes sond deore mannum mære metodes leoht myrgþ and tohiht eadgum and earmum eallum brice


 * ᛞ bith the drighten's sond, dear to men, mear meted's light, mirth and hight to the eady and arm, brich to all


 * ᛞ is the lord's messager, dear to men, famous light of the meted, mirth and hope to the prosperous and to the poor, useful to all

Ethel / Eþel (inherited property?)


 * ᛟ byþ oferleof æghwylcum men gif he mot ðær rihtes and gerysena on brucan on blode bleadum oftast


 * ᛟ bith overlief to each man, if he might brook rights and arisens there in blood oftest with its blead


 * ᛟ is very dear to each man, if he might enjoy rights and proper behaviors there in his blood most often with its fruits

Oak / Ac (oak tree)


 * ᚪ byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flæsces fodor fereþ gelome ofer ganotes bæþ garsecg fandaþ hwæþer ac hæbbe æþele treowe


 * ᚪ bith flesh's fodder on Earth for ild's barns, fares aloom over gannet's bath, garsedge fands whether oak has athel's trow


 * ᚪ is flesh's fodder on Earth for man's children, often it fares over the gannet's bath, ocean tests whether oak has noble's trust

Ash / Æsc (ash tree)


 * ᚫ biþ oferheah eldum dyre stiþ on staþule stede rihte hylt ðeah him feohtan on firas monige


 * ᚫ bith overhigh, dear to ild, stithe in its stathels, holds its stead rightly though many firas fight it


 * ᚫ is very tall, dear to mankind, stiff in its supports, holds its stead rightly even when many men fight it

Ire / Yr


 * ᚣ byþ æþelinga and eorla gehwæs wyn and wyrþmynd byþ on wicge fæger fæstlic on færelde fyrdgeatewa sum


 * ᚣ bith every atheling's and earl's win and worthmind, it bith fair on a widge, fastly on fareld, some ferdyattow


 * ᚣ is every noble's and earl's joy and honor, it is fair on a horse, steadfast on a journey, some militia equipment

Ear / Ear (grave soil?)


 * ᛠ byþ egle eorla gehwylcun ðonne fæstlice flæsc onginneþ hraw colian hrusan ceosan blac to gebeddan bleda gedreosaþ wynna gewitaþ wera geswicaþ


 * ᛠ bith ail to every earl, when fastly flesh ongins, raw cooleth, chooseth ruse and blake as its abedders, blead dreezeth, win awites, weres aswike


 * ᛠ is ailful to every earl, when steadfast flesh sets off, corpse flesh cools, chooses the Earth's crust and bleakness as its bedfellows, fruits perish, joy departs, men cease