Hagalaz

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.