Icelandic Rune Poem
Hagall er kaldakorn
ok krapadrífa
ok snáka sótt.
grando hildingr.
Hail
cold grain
and shower of sleet
and sickness of serpents.
Norwegian Rune Poem
Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem
Hagall er kaldastr korna;
Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.
Hail is the coldest of grain;
Christ created the world of old.
Hægl byþ hwitust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scura; weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
Hail is the whitest of grain;
it is whirled from the vault of heaven
and is tossed about by gusts of wind
and then it melts into water.