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


 * ᚠ is comfort for all mankind, though one should deal it out much if he wishes to have a lot in the lord's kingdom

Owre / Ur (aurochs)


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


 * ᚢ beeth 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 beeth thearle sharp, of every thane who fangs is evil, unmeted rethe to anyone who with it rests


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


 * ᚩ is origin 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 beeth in raked to each rink soft, 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 beeth to everyone alive couth, on fire blake 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 beeth gleng and hereness wrathe and worship, and to every wretch are, and atwist hy beeth to lease others


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

Win / Wyn (joy)


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


 * ᚹ brooks those who know woes little devices and sorrow and himself has blad and bliss and eke ? anight


 * ᚹ those who know little woes, machinations, and sorrows enjoy ᚹ, 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 beeth the whitest corn, wharves it from heaven's lift, walks it wind's shower, forworths it to water then


 * 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 beeth 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 beeth overcold, unmetedly slidey, glistens glassclear, gems likest, floor frost wrought 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 beeth goom's hight, when God lets, holy heaven's king, ruse sells bright blead for berns and for thearves


 * 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 beeth an unsmooth tree on the outside, hard ruse fast, fire's herd, wortroom underwrathed, win on an ethel


 * ᛇ is an unsmooth true 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 beeth 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 has oftest in fen waxed in water, woundeth grim, burns blood of each bern at it onfang ?


 * ᛉ sedge most often grows in fens in water, wounds grimly, burns the blood of each many 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 beeth seamen's simble in hight, when hy hemselves ferry over fishes' bath, until their brimhench bringeth them to land


 * ᛋ is (a feast?)(always?) for seamen in hope, 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 beeth some token, holdeth trow well with athelings, ever beeth in fareld over night's anip, never swiketh


 * ᛏ is a some token, it holds trow well with princes, ever beeth 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 beeth bleadless, beareth even so though tanas but touder, beeth in tallow litty high in helm hirsted fair laden with leaves lift nigh


 * ᛒ is fruitless, even though it bears shoots without offspring, it is in dyes sightly, high of helm, ornamented fair, laden with leaves next 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 beeth for earls, athelings' win, horse lonk of hooves, where healths are umbe well on widges wrixles speech and beeth unstill ever frover


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

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 beeth in mirth, his mays' love, shall though everyone to other swike, for the drighten wills through his doom that earm flesh earth beteach


 * ᛗ is mirth, his family members' love, though everyone shall to another place depart, for the lord wills through his judgement that poor flesh be committed to the 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 beeth to leed longsome athught if hy 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 with East Danes seen by sedges, until he then est over wave awite, wain after ran, thus Heardings this health named


 * ᛝ was first seen among the East Danes by men, until he then est over waves departed, 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 beeth the drighten's sond, dear to men, mere meted's light, mirth and hight to the eady and earm, 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 beeth overlief to each man, if he might there brook rights and arisens in blood, blead oftest


 * ᛟ is very dear to each man, if he might enjoy rights and proper behaviors there in his blood, very 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 beeth on Earth for ild's barns, flesh's fodder, 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, the 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 beeth over high, dear to ild, stithe in staddles, stead right holds 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 beeth every atheling's and earl's win and worthmind, beeth on widge fair, fastly on fareld, ferdyattow some


 * ᚣ is every noble's and earl's joy and honour, it is fair on a horse, steadfast on a journey, and some of a militia's 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 beeth ail to every earl, when fastly flesh ongins, raw cools ruse chooses blake abedder, blead dreeze, win awites, weres aswike


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