Icelandic Rune Poem
Ár er gumna góðiok gott sumar
algróinn akr.
annus allvaldr.
Plenty
boon to men
and good summer
and thriving crops.
Norwegian Rune Poem
Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem
Ár er gumna góðe;
get ek at orr var Fróðe.
Plenty is a boon to men;
I say that Frothi was generous.
Ger byÞ gumena hiht, ðonne God læteþ,
halig heofones cyning, hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda beornum ond ðearfum.
Summer is a joy to men, when God, the holy King of Heaven,
suffers the earth to bring forth shining fruits
for rich and poor alike.