Ansuz

Icelandic Rune Poem

Óss er algingautrok ásgarðs jöfurr,
ok valhallar vísi.
Jupiter oddviti.

God

aged Gautr
and prince of Ásgarðr
and lord of Vallhalla.

Norwegian Rune Poem

Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem

Óss er flæstra færða
for; en skalpr er sværða.

Estuary is the way of most journeys;
but a scabbard is of swords.

Os byþ ordfruma ælere spræce,
wisdomes wraþu ond witena frofur
and eorla gehwam eadnys ond tohiht.

The mouth is the source of all language,
a pillar of wisdom and a comfort to wise men,
a blessing and a joy to every knight.