Algiz

Icelandic Rune Poem

Maðr er manns gaman
ok moldar auki
ok skipa skreytir.
homo mildingr.

Man

delight of man
and augmentation of the earth
and adorner of ships.

Norwegian Rune Poem

Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem

Maðr er moldar auki;
mikil er græip á hauki.

Man is an augmentation of the dust;
great is the claw of the hawk.

Eolh-secg eard hæfþ oftust on fenne
wexeð on wature, wundaþ grimme,
blode breneð beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeþ.

The Eolh-sedge is mostly to be found in a marsh;it grows in the water and makes a ghastly wound,
covering with blood every warrior who touches it.