Uruz

Icelandic Rune Poem

Úr er skýja grátrok skára þverrir
ok hirðis hatr.
umbre vísi

Shower

lamentation of the clouds
and ruin of the hay-harvest
and abomination of the shepherd.

Norwegian Rune Poem

Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem

Úr er af illu jarne;
opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.

Dross comes from bad iron;
the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned, felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.

The aurochs is proud and has great horns;it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;
a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.